The U.S. energy landscape is evolving – the increase of technological innovation, decreasing costs of renewable sources, a focus on efficiency, and a drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is forcing America to rethink fossil fuels. As solar energy emerges as a mains...
Further to our May 8 post on the new USEER Report, we want to highlight the excellent work that E2 has done in parsing and synthesizing data from the broader USEER Report to quantify clean energy jobs within the broader energy industry. In their recently released Clean...
The new USEER report is out, and the results for clean energy are somewhat mixed with strong growth in sectors like energy storage and declines in solar jobs. The 2019 USEER report was produced by a joint effort between between the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI is hea...
Do I miss being at the annual UN Climate Talks? A little, yes. I especially miss the camaraderie of folks from every corner of the globe coming together to solve the challenge of climate change. Am I glad to be in (currently) sunny Northern California, rather than cold...
I came across this 2012 TED talk by former NASA Scientist and current Columbia Professor of climate science James Hansen while I was researching references for this week's podcast interview with Louis Blumberg. In his 17 minutes, Hansen talks about why he is compelled...
I had a great conversation with Assemblymember Phil Ting, who represents San Francisco in the CA state assembly.
Among other accomplishments, Mr. Ting introduced legislation that would ban the sale or registration of new gas-powered vehicles by 2045. The bill did not ge...
In What it's Like we ask people working in a variety of roles across the range of sustainability sectors to tell us about their organization, their work and their career path. In this edition of What it's Like, we hear from Max DuBuisson, Policy Director at...
Want to make an impact by working in sustainability? Are you considering a range of sectors, from policy to renewable energy, from resource management to construction?
…construction, I hear you say? Yes, construction. It doesn’t spring to most people’s minds when thinki...
As we discuss in our guide, 7 Steps to Landing a Job with Impact, which you can download for free, knowing your own strengths and weakness is an important factor in how you present yourself to prospective employers. The following is excerpted from Step 3 of the guide....
