The United States added more than 12,500 clean energy and clean transportation jobs in the second quarter of 2014, “with solar leading the way and EVs and wind manufacturing racking up job announcements as well,” according to Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a project of the Natural Resources Defense Council. “From commercial-scale solar developments to energy-efficient recycling projects, clean energy and clean transportation continues to create jobs and drive economic growth,” E2 reports. “Many job announcements E2 tracked this quarter fill the kinds of positions that will help states meet federal carbon pollution standards announced in June.” Arizona led the list of job creators, with 3,060 new positions, followed by California with 2,512, Michigan with 1,450, Utah with 1,210, and Massachusetts with 800. (h/t to Clean Capital for pointing us to this story)
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