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New Legislation Could Support Clean Energy Career Pathways for Fossil-Fuel Industry Workers

Renewable Energy World: Support for workers seeking to transition from jobs in the fossil-fuel industry to the clean energy sector could be coming in the form of new federal legislation.

U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) yesterday said he will develop legislation to help displaced fossil-fuel industry workers.

“For too long, American workers have been subject to the ebbs and flows of production in the fossil fuel sector,” Pallone said in an Aug. 29 statement. “When production is down, jobs go away, and economic uncertainty follows. Clean energy jobs have grown at a rate of 6 percent annually in recent years, while fossil fuel jobs have shrunk. There ought to be a pathway to consistent employment in the renewable energy sector, and I look forward to introducing a plan to do just that, in consultation with a wide array of experts.”

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