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Bloomberg Law: Governors to Enlist 1 Million New Clean Job Apprentices by 2035
September 23, 2024
Bloomberg Law reports on the Alliance’s launch of the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative during Climate Week NYC 2024.
“Nearly half of US governors pledged to train 1 million new apprentices for climate and clean power industries over the next decade, a move they say will bolster the economy as the energy transition continues.
Monday’s announcement from the US Climate Alliance, a coalition of 24 governors, marks a partnership between states, industry, labor unions, and others to create the jobs needed to sustain climate initiatives, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said from a podium at New York Climate Week.”
About the Alliance
Launched on June 1, 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York, and California to help fill the void left by President Trump’s initial decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the Alliance has grown to include 24 governors from across the U.S. representing approximately 60% of the U.S. economy and 55% of the U.S. population. Governors in the Alliance have pledged to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26-28% by 2025, 50-52% by 2030, and 61-66% by 2035, all below 2005 levels, and collectively achieve overall net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as practicable, and no later than 2050.
The Alliance’s states and territories will continue to advance innovative and impactful climate solutions to grow the economy, create jobs, and protect public health, and have a long record of action and results. In fact, the Alliance reduced its collective net greenhouse gas emissions by 19% between 2005 and 2022, while increasing collective GDP by 30%, and is on track to meet its near-term climate goal by reducing collective GHG emissions 26% below 2005 levels by 2025. The coalition’s states and territories are employing more workers in the clean energy sector, achieving lower levels of dangerous air pollutants, and preparing more effectively for climate impacts and executing more pre-disaster planning than the rest of the country.
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