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  • As Clean Energy Jobs Grow, Women and Black Workers Are at Risk of Being Left Behind

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    Women and Black workers are vastly underrepresented in the clean energy workforce, an industry that pays higher-than-average wages and is the fastest-growing source of jobs in the U.S., according to a new report by a coalition of energy organizations.

    Clean energy jobs, which range from creating electric cars to making buildings more energy efficient, are transforming the nation's economy, but they are predominantly filled by white men, with Latino workers mostly stuck in entry-level…

    Women and Black workers are vastly underrepresented in the clean energy workforce, an industry that pays higher-than-average wages and is the fastest-growing source of jobs in the U.S., according to a new report by a coalition of energy organizations.

    Clean energy jobs, which range from creating electric cars to making buildings more energy efficient, are transforming the nation's economy, but they are predominantly filled by white men, with Latino workers mostly stuck in entry-level positions and women and Black workers underrepresented in the industry overall, according to the report by a coalition of organizations including the Alliance to Save Energy and the American Association of Blacks in Energy.

    "Congress and state lawmakers need to do more to make sure people of color aren't left behind in what is shaping up as the biggest economic transition in recent history,'' says Bob Keefe, executive director of E2, supports initiatives benefiting the environment and economy, and one of the report's authors. "So far it’s been white workers, particularly white men, who've benefited from this tremendous opportunity."

    In clean energy fields where they are most represented, women have fewer than 30% of the jobs, though they fill almost half of jobs across industries nationwide, the report says.

    Meanwhile, Black workers have the biggest gap of any racial group between their representation in clean energy jobs and their numbers in the broader U.S. workforce, the report says. They make up roughly 8% of clean energy employees, though they are about 13% of U.S. workers overall.

    Latino employees make up almost 17% of clean energy workers, just slightly below the 18% of jobs they hold in the broader U.S. workforce. But they tend to be concentrated in entry-level construction positions, "jobs that are some of the first to get cut when things get bad,'' Keefe says.
    By: Charisse Jones

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