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A vote for clean energy

GreenBiz

A 2010 study found that for every $1 million invested, oil and gas would create roughly five jobs, while wind and solar would create 13 or 14 jobs. . live in counties where the air doesn’t meet EPA smog standards. First, clean energy is more jobs-rich than fossil fuels, meaning more people are employed per unit of energy created.

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Towards Sustainable Global Leadership: How the IRA Catalyzes 21st Century U.S. Global Leadership

Sustainable Round Table

1990-2010) championed only by the aging “labor wing” of the Democratic Party. billion for 500,000 EV charging stations, and $5 billion for decarbonizing school buses across the country. emissions is the IRA’s creation of a new national “Green Bank” administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).