Dirty-to-green job transitions ‘exceedingly rare’ despite Biden’s promises to blue-collar workers

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Dirty-to-green job transitions ‘exceedingly rare’ despite Biden’s promises to blue-collar workers
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President Biden is vowing a prosperous future for union and blue-collar fossil fuel workers thanks to his clean energy agenda, but a new study suggests the promise of a smooth transition could go up in smoke.

‘s theory — at least so far — hasn’t played out on a large scale. Green jobs were five times more likely to be filled by those with previous careers in other countries than those with domestic carbon-intensive jobs. Those other countries most often were Denmark, the U.K., Spain, Germany and India.

In April, the White House extended an olive branch to coal country by highlighting new IRA tax credits they say will provide an economic boon to towns with shuttered coal plants and mines by spurring clean energy jobs. For non-college graduates, the next most common sectors included oil and gas , professional, scientific and technical services , and construction .

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