CCEJ Executives: Solar Industry Will Continue to Soar, Generate Jobs

Solar industry executives from the Californians for Clean Energy & Jobs Network told members of the media on Thursday that the solar industry will continue to grow and create jobs. Officials highlighted billions of dollars in renewable energy projects in the pipeline and explained that lower costs for solar panels will make the clean technology available to more households and businesses. Read more here.

A Report on Solar Energy Today

Californians for Clean Energy and Jobs has compiled a new report highlighting the growth of solar power and lowered costs to supply it. See it here.

Clean Technology Sector Leaders to Share Expertise at San Diego Conference

“San Diego CleanTech Beach” is an event is designed to help people launch or expand clean technology careers, start-ups and community efforts with briefings from leaders in the renewable sector. The Sept. 15 evening event will be hosted by the Connell Whittaker Group. Read more here.

New Economy Committee Head Pledges to Embrace Clean Energy Opportunities

Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, chairman of the Assembly Select Committee on Jobs for the New Economy, pledges to focus on tapping the state’s top-notch universities and research firms to expand the clean energy sector. Read more here.

Green Jobs and the Los Angeles Region - July 2011

This report was commissioned by the Californians for Clean Energy and Jobs Network and authored by Dr. Philip J. Romero, former Dean of CSU Los Angeles College of Business and Economics.

KEY FINDINGS

• The Los Angeles region is already home to the largest cluster of green employment in California and the United States (overtaking the San Francisco Bay area).
  
  
• Green jobs account for about 178,500 of roughly 4.5 million employed in the LA region in 2010, or about 3.9 percent of total employment, and perhaps 4.5 percent of private sector employment.
  
  
• Green jobs already employ far more than ten times as many workers in the LA region as does petroleum and coal products production (4,400 in 2009, according to the Employment Development Department).

Read more key findings and the full report here.

Google Releases Clean Energy Impact Analysis

Mountain View-based search engine giant Google’s philanthropic arm, google.org, just released an analysis called “Clean Energy Innovation” which reveals the value of clean energy technologies. The report shows that clean tech does make a difference in our economic growth, energy security and greenhouse gas emission reductions, and it finds that delays work against renewable energy. Read the report here.

Clean Cars Campaign - The Road to Clean Air

The American Lung Association-California released its latest study on how California can reduce $7.2 billion in health and societal costs and reduce pollution if it adopts strong clean car fuel economy standards. Read the report here.

State of the Air 2011

The American Lung Association-California released its latest clean air report card on how state counties are doing based on the number of unhealthy days recorded over a three-year period. Read the full report here.

Southern California Air Quality Agencies Develop Guidelines to Clean Air

The South Coast Air Quality Management District recently adopted its official “call to action” in reducing its dependence on foreign oil, cleaning its air, reducing climate change impacts and educating its consumers on sustainability. The air district represents regional and state air quality and planning agencies in Orange County, and the urban areas of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Read the entire report “Powering the Future” here.

California Council on Science and Technology Report Looks Ahead to 80 Percent Reduction in Carbon Fuel Emissions from 1990 Level

"California's Energy Future - The View to 2050" looks a generation ahead at what's required to reach that goal and answers the call of S-3-05, the executive order from 2005 to reduce the state's emissions 80 percent below the 1990 level by 2050.

Report Finds California is Leading Nation in Promoting Clean Tech

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has released a report  titled “Fighting Oil Addiction: Ranking States’ Gasoline Price Vulnerability and Solutions for Change.” The study shows that amid rising gas prices, California is doing the most to help drivers feel less pain at the pump by promoting clean tech policies. Read more here.

Next 10 Reports Says Tougher Fuel Standards Will Create 236,000 Jobs

The San Francisco-based non-profit today released Driving California's Economy: How Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards Will Impact Economic Growth and Job Creation. The report shows that cleaner, more fuel efficient cars, trucks and SUVs will generate consumer savings, create jobs and spur economic growth. Read the full Next 10 report here.

Bipartisan Leaders Urge California to Reduce Oil Dependence

President Reagan’s Secretary of State, George Shultz, and former Commander of the U.S. Navy’s 3rd Fleet, Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (Ret.), released the “California Action Plan 2.0 for Transportation Energy Security,” a report that says California would benefit if it took a leadership role in reducing its dependence on oil. Historically, California used little foreign oil (about 5 percent), but today imports about half of the oil it uses — nearly half of which comes from the Middle East. Read more here.

“How To” Manual on Desert Renewable Energy Projec

Hot off the press is the California Renewable Action Team’s Best Practices and Guidance Manual for Desert Renewable Energy Projects. The new guidelines jointly developed by the California Energy Commission, the California Department of Fish & Game, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management will help accelerate the development of clean energy projects in the California Mojave and Colorado deserts while minimizing environmental impacts. Read more here.

Many Shades of Green -- Next 10 and the California Core Green Economy Report

Non-profit group Next 10's Many Shades of Green report is the most comprehensive accounting of the state's green jobs to date.

Some of the findings highlighted directly from the report are:

    •    From January 2008-09, green jobs expanded by three percent, compared to a one percent increase in overall jobs.
    •    Between 1995 and 2009, jobs in California’s Core Green Economy expanded from 111,000 to 174,000, growing 56 percent.
    •    From 1995 to 2009, the Energy Generation sector created the most jobs in California’s Core Green Economy, adding nearly 20,000 jobs across the state and almost 3,000 jobs over the most recent observable year (January 2008-2009).
    •    The Bay Area and the Sacramento Area posted the strongest employment gains in the Core Green Economy, expanding by 109 percent and 103 percent respectively since 1995, followed by Orange County (67%) and the San Joaquin Valley (55%).
    •    The Bay Area and the San Diego Region led in green job growth over the most recent observable year, expanding by eight percent and seven percent respectively (January 2008-2009).
    •    While manufacturing employment represents only 11 percent of statewide employment, it represents 26 percent of all green employment. This sector increased ten percent over the most recent observable period (January 2008-2009).
    •    Across all green segments, employment in the installation, sales, research and development, and finance and investment sectors more than doubled in California since 1995.

Download the full report and read the press release here.