BusinessQuiet 83d · day 83
Unions push offshore wind jobs even as Trump administration targets the industry
A decade-old labor-climate alliance says it will keep training workers for offshore wind despite federal attacks on the sector.
What to know
- A labor-climate coalition dating to Hurricane Sandy in 2012 has built union training pipelines into offshore wind and other clean energy jobs.
- The Trump administration is now slowing the clean energy transition and targeting offshore wind, threatening gains made under the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act.
- Union leaders and workers, including electricians building New York's Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind projects, say they intend to keep fighting for these jobs.
“The climate groups were really all about emissions”
Mike Fishman, President, Climate Jobs National Resource Center · The Guardian ↗ · Aug 22
Ryan McElroen IBEW Local 3 offshore wind workerMike Fishman President and executive director, Climate Jobs National Resource CenterLara Skinner Founding executive director, Cornell Climate Jobs InstituteTrump administration Federal government
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