Amanda Caloras | August 17, 2022
It is imperative that opportunities to tackle climate change and create well-paying jobs in the United States exist concurrently. As the country’s economy changes and the prevalence of carbon-free energy sources grows, it has become increasingly important to understand how employment in the energy sector is also growing and changing. The U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) provides a comprehensive summary of national and state-level employment, workforce, industry, occupation, unionization, demographic and hiring information by energy technology groups. Beginning in 2016, the annual study combines surveys of businesses with public labor data to produce estimates of employment and workforce characteristics.
Employment statistics…
Learn more ›Amanda Caloras | June 29, 2022
Released by the Whitmer administration on April 21, the MI Healthy Climate Plan puts forth strategies for Michigan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 while providing benchmarks along the way. The plan sets the following objectives:
Mitigate the worst impacts of climate change
Spur and capture economic development and create good-paying jobs
Protect and improve the health of Michiganders
Position Michigan as a leader in climate action
Protect Michigan’s natural resources and wildlife
Make Michigan energy independent
Address environmental injustices
The plan is proudly “uniquely Michigan,” the state’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) Director Liesl Eichler…
Learn more ›Madison Johnston | June 24, 2022
MEEA is continuing its blog series to highlight Midwest communities using energy efficiency to progress their climate goals. The next city in the series is Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Between 2012 and 2013, the Minneapolis Sustainability Office led a coalition of public, private, non-profit and community partners to draft the Minneapolis Climate Action Plan (CAP). The final plan, adopted by City Council in June 2013, guides Minneapolis toward its greenhouse gas reduction targets of reducing community-wide emissions 15% by 2015, 30% by 2025 and 80% by 2050, using 2006 as a baseline. To achieve these goals, the CAP is broken down into three key sectors, including one for Buildings and Energy.
Through its CAP, the city recognized early on…
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