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Just found out that going green in 2023 was the ultimate glow-up for our wallets and the planet giving us 142,000 new clean energy jobs — that’s hotter than a summer in Miami! Biden’s Climate Corps is giving young adults a chance to slay in solar panels and conservation, making ‘saving the Earth’ the chicest job title ever. And shoutout to Illinois for that $30 million boost to transform Chicago’s South and West sides into solar-powered, job-creating hubs—talk about turning shade into shine!
Significant job growth was seen in zero-emission vehicles, renewable energy, and transmission/storage — key areas for the Biden administration’s goal of 100% clean electricity by 2035.
The agency found 28,000 new jobs in 2023 in building factories for batteries and solar modules, ports for offshore wind, and warehouses for clean energy products, alongside 90,000 traditional energy construction jobs.
President Biden announced a federal jobs training program—dubbed the American Climate Corps—to employ over 20,000 young adults in conservation work like trail building, tree planting, and solar panel installation to help prevent catastrophic wildfires.
Local initiatives are also boosting clean energy hiring. For example, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced a $30 million investment to create over 1,000 solar energy jobs on Chicago’s South and West sides. In Brooklyn, workshops train electricians for climate resiliency projects.
Globally, job postings requiring green skills jumped over 22% in 2023, while workers with clean energy experience rose by just 12.3%, according to findings published by LinkedIn.
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Original Story at www.cbsnews.com
