The US energy sector lost 10% of his workforce last year due to the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a report launched on Monday by US government officials, who said President Joe Biden’s clean energy plan was very important to revive the industry.
US energy workers, from fossil fuels to solar power, spilling 840,000 jobs in 2020 as a global health crisis weaken demand for fuel transportation and slowing new projects, according to annual energy employment reports.
The biggest decline is fuel oil and natural gas with a combined loss of 186,000 jobs, or 21% of their workforce, according to the report.
The work in the wind energy industry is the only growing sector, up 1.8% simple.
The Biden government encouraged several initiatives to improve the clean energy industry as part of the sweeping infrastructure package produced by the Congress, on the grounds that the transition away from fossil fuels could create millions of jobs paid well when fighting climate change.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Monday that Biden’s plan was the opportunity to revitalize the energy industry while also increasing wages, representation of trade unions and diversity in clean energy business.
“While we have a job that must be done to make our energy sector stronger, we also have a lot of work to do in making our energy sector look like America and to ensure that new clean energy works pay sustainable wages, with good benefits and membership United, “said Granholm during a virtual event to uncover reports.
Wind and solar work today tend to be unjudged than in nuclear, natural gas and coal, according to the report.
The overall energy industry also employs fewer women and color people than the wider economy, the report is found.
This report was published by the National Energy Official Association, Think Tank Energy Initiative and Research Company Research Company BW, with funds from the US Department of Energy.
A report https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-energy-jobs/nuclear-oil-il-jobs -pay-over-than-in-wind-solar-report-iduskbn2bt2ot released earlier this year by The same group also found that workers in the nuclear industry and the fossil fuel industry received higher wages than those in the renewable energy sector.