(Reuters) – Workers in nuclear energy and fossil fuel industries earn higher wages than those in renewable energy sectors like wind and solar that are the focus of President Joe Biden’s plan to stimulate the U.S. economy and combat climate change, according to an analysis published on Tuesday.
The report comes a week after Biden’s administration rolled out a $2 trillion plan that includes billions to boost the market for clean energy technologies and create good-paying jobs while stripping away subsidies for fossil fuels. Its findings underscore the challenges https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-labor-renewables-analysi-idUKKBN27F1KN the United States will face replacing the quality of jobs lost in a move away from coal and oil.
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The wage gap that threatens Biden s climate plan
Workers in the greener side of the energy industry earn significantly less than those who extract fossil fuels and run power plants, new data show.
Energy industry workers employed by solar and wind power companies earn significantly less than those who mine coal or drill for natural gas, new data show. | Alex Wong/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden s efforts to sell the country s workers on his climate agenda will face a major hurdle, data obtained by POLITICO show a big wage gap between the new green energy jobs and the old fossil fuel ones.
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(Reuters) - Workers in nuclear energy and fossil fuel industries earn higher wages than those in renewable energy sectors like wind and solar that are the focus of President Joe Biden s plan to stimulate the U.S. economy and combat climate change, according to an analysis published on Tuesday.
The report comes a week after Biden s administration rolled out a $2 trillion plan that includes billions to boost the market for clean energy technologies and create good-paying jobs while stripping away subsidies for fossil fuels. Its findings underscore the challenges https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-labor-renewables-analysi-idUKKBN27F1KN the United States will face replacing the quality of jobs lost in a move away from coal and oil.