With millions of green jobs expected to come online in the next decade, we talked to Southern Californians about what it’s like to pivot from oil and gas.
Not all of that funding is a lock, though. As negotiations over the federal debt limit carry on, Republican lawmakers areBut Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, who worked to bring green jobs to Southern California before he got elected, argues that tax provisions for renewables make sense for the environment and the economy. Levin citedfrom the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator that says every $1 million in spending on renewable energy creates 7.
Since renewable energy is still a relatively new field, Auld noted people often come in with experience working in different energy sectors. Avantus has maybe five or six people who came directly from conventional energy, she said. But she suspects a majority of the roughly 200 people on their team have some background in fossil fuels.
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