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Clean-Energy Jobs Surpass Oil Drilling for First Time in U.S

2016-05-25 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: The number of U.S. jobs in solar energy overtook those in oil and natural gas extraction for the first time last year, helping drive a global surge in employment in the clean-energy business as fossil-fuel companies faltered. Employment in the U.S. solar business grew 12 times faster than overall job creation, the International Renewable Energy Agency said in a report on Wednesday. About 8.1 million people worldwide had jobs in the clean energy in 2015, up from 7.7 million in 2014, according to...

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