Some 75% of surveyed Americans would jump at a 'green' job in solar, wind or EVs, which tend to pay 21% more

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Three-fourths of respondents said they would consider a job in clean energy, citing interest in fields like solar, electric vehicles TSLA, +0.12%, sustainable home improvements and .
61% : Mosaic wanted a clearer picture of the willing workforce as , challenging companies from most sectors to find candidates, and after the U.S. government pledged the creation of in clean energy as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed earlier this year.
58% : "Renewable energy ICLN, +0.16% creates more jobs than the fossil fuel industry, and this sector will need to fill millions of jobs globally over the next decade."
57% : Of the Republicans surveyed (1,179), 66% said they would consider taking a job in clean energy, while 85% of Democrats surveyed (2,015) said they would.
44% : Additional research has show that while energy-state lawmakers tend to grouse about high-paying jobs in the oil and gas NG00, +1.63% industry, as well as oil and gas tax revenue, being lost to solar and wind power, most alternative-energy jobs, which have tripled U.S.-wide in just two decades, .

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