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Obama Announces Plan to Train 75,000 Solar Workers

2015-04-03 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: As part of President Obama's plans to combat climate change, the White House announced a program on Friday for the U.S. Department of Energy to train 75,000 people to work in the solar power industry by 2020, many of whom will be part of a military veterans jobs initiative called Solar Ready Vets. The announcement comes as the solar industry in the U.S. booms, adding more than 30,000 people to its workforce between 2013 and 2014. Another 36,000 solar jobs are expected to be added this year. Solar...

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