{"id":15069,"date":"2017-03-06T17:22:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=15069"},"modified":"2017-03-07T10:51:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T15:51:35","slug":"the-president-should-understand-clean-energy-is-a-bi-partisan-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2017\/03\/06\/the-president-should-understand-clean-energy-is-a-bi-partisan-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"The President Should Understand Clean Energy is a Bipartisan Issue."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Last Friday, students at UC Berkeley hosted their 8th annual Energy Summit<\/a> about the future of federal energy policy under the Trump Administration. It was refreshing to hear a respectful discussion \u2014 participants from people from private industry, non-profits and business exploring serious solutions \u2014 and listening with respect to all sides \u2014 including a conservative Trump supporter on a panel with me.<\/p>\n

There was a remarkable amount of agreement \u2014 which is very surprising in these divisive times.\u00a0But we should not be surprised: When we get together we can find a lot of common ground.\u00a0The reality is that most Americans want clean energy and the freedom and prosperity that comes with it.\u00a0Yes, there is controversy about the future of coal \u2014 but there is consensus in our country about the future for clean energy.<\/p>\n

Renewable energy created 769,000 jobs last year<\/strong><\/p>\n

We need to be concerned about the families communities have lost jobs the energy industry.\u00a0The number of coal jobs has been cut in half<\/a> since 1980, even though the industry produces more<\/a> coal now than it did 37 years ago.\u00a0It surprises most people that while production has gone up and down, increased mechanization in the industry has dramatically cut jobs.<\/p>\n

The good news is that solar and wind jobs are growing at a rate 12 times faster than the rest of the U.S. economy as demonstrated in EDF\u2019s newest clean energy jobs report<\/a>.\u00a0Even more encouraging, is that solar jobs are growing fastest<\/a> in states that have been hit hard by coal job losses \u2013 states like Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio. Clean energy is creating a pipeline of well-paying jobs across all 50 states. Most of these jobs cannot be outsourced.<\/p>\n

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There are more renewables in \u201cred\u201d than in \u201cblue\u201d congressional districts<\/a>, and 83%<\/a> of conservatives favor more solar development and 75% favor more wind development. Why? Because it makes economic sense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Two weeks ago, a bipartisan coalition of governors wrote Trump a letter<\/a> that argued that the nation\u2019s wind and solar energy resources are transforming low-income rural areas \u201cin ways not seen since the passage of the Homestead Act over 150 years ago.\u201d U.S. wind facilities pay rural landowners $222 million<\/a> a year. By 2030 rural landowners are projected to reap as much as $900 million<\/a> a year by leasing land to wind developers.<\/p>\n

Clean energy also creates energy independence. My co-panelist at the BERC conference, conservative activist Debbie Dooley<\/a> said it best: \u201cI love individual liberty and individual freedom, and to me solar, wind, clean energy mean liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another point that Dooley made \u2013 and one which we agree on \u2013 is that conservative lawmakers should be fighting to ensure consumers have multiple energy options.\u00a0There are terrific opportunities to create policies that allow markets to operate more competitively in the energy industry \u2014 and clean energy can thrive.<\/p>\n

Even without new policies, many corporations are choosing to invest in renewable energy \u2014 it facilitates independence and serves the bottom line.<\/p>\n

While no regulations require this, leading companies like Microsoft, Nike, Nestl\u00e9, Walmart and many others are committed<\/a> to sourcing 100% of their electricity from renewable energy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

And despite the threat of environmental rollbacks in the current administration, savvy companies continue to set aggressive, science-based climate goals for the decades ahead.<\/p>\n

Energy efficiency creates millions of jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n

With almost 2.2 million<\/a> jobs, energy efficiency employment represents a sizable portion of the national energy economy. Roughly 32% of the 6.5 million<\/a> employees in the U.S. construction industry work on energy or building energy efficiency projects. Nearly 300,000<\/a> Americans manufacture energy efficient products. These jobs grew from sensible policy and regulations, but also from choices that homeowners, consumers, and businesses made to save money in the face of rising energy costs.<\/p>\n

Fellow panelist, Ken Alston<\/a>, Investment Manager at California Clean Energy Fund, reminded our audience that, \u201cwe are well on our way to a transition to a clean energy economy.\u201d Environmental protection and economic prosperity do not need to be at odds. As Michael Wheeler<\/a>, Vice President of Policy Initiatives at Recurrent Energy noted, utility scale solar can thrive in current market conditions. \u201cSolar can thrive under a Trump Administration as long as the administration does nothing to sabotage progress made to date,\u201d Wheeler added.<\/p>\n

Rolling back environmental safeguards and reigniting a U.S. reliance on coal and oil is short-term thinking that puts us on a dangerous path. Our path to prosperity must be driven by long-term economics and science, not short-term politics.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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