Green Economy

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The Labor Center’s Green Economy Program provides research and technical assistance on the workforce strategies needed to grow an equitable clean energy economy. We examine economic and labor market changes related to the energy transition, and we assess policy approaches that can ensure access to quality jobs and an adequate supply of skilled workers. Our work supports policymakers, businesses, unions, and community stakeholders who are engaged in the design and implementation of high-road policies and projects.

Research & Publications

Press Coverage

Forbes

Bobby Kennedy And The Ownership Economy

A study by the UC Berkeley Labor Center found that even a year after closure, a quarter of the workers were still unemployed. Those that were employed earned a median of $12 less than their previous jobs.

Inside Climate News

California’s Oil Country Hopes Carbon Management Will Provide Jobs. It May Be Disappointed

A 2023 study from the University of California Berkeley Labor Center found the majority of unionized oil workers laid off from a refinery in Northern California in 2020 were able to find new work — mostly in the petroleum industry — after the facility suddenly shuttered, but took pay cuts amounting to nearly a quarter of their previous salaries. Only 43 percent of their new jobs were unionized.

Program Contact

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Francisco Arzú

Co-Director, Green Economy Program

Jessie HF Hammerling

Co-Director, Green Economy Program

Carol Zabin

Senior Advisor on the Green Economy