By Sammy Roth, The Los Angeles Times Highlights Environmental Entrepreneurs, a clean energy advocacy group, finds that more than 106,000 clean energy workers filed for unemployment benefits in March. BW Research projects that the clean energy sector will shed more than half a million jobs, which is 15% of its workforce, in the coming months … Read more
by Ben Geman, Axios Highlights The renewable energy sector is advocating for aid during the next phase of COVID-19 stimulus relief as projects are canceled, layoffs widen, supply chains are disrupted, and companies risk missing deadlines to use tax credits The first bills were mainly emergency rescue and stabilization plans, but the next phase could … Read more
from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Highlights The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by the President to aid businesses and Americans features specific provisions targeting farmers and food insecurity. Agricultural Provisions An important measure of the relief bill helps provide support for producers impacted by the coronavirus, specifically for specialty crop … Read more
The Climate Center (CCP) developed the Business for Clean Energy (BCE) program six years ago because we believe that business drives innovation and can play a crucial role in helping to address the climate crisis. The BCE program provides a network and resources to support our members in incorporating sustainability into their businesses and keeping … Read more
