DIRTY-TO-GREEN JOB TRANSITIONS ‘EXCEEDINGLY RARE’ DESPITE BIDEN’S PROMISES TO BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS

By Ramsey Touchberry | The Washington Times

President Biden is vowing a prosperous future for union and blue-collar fossil fuel workers thanks to his clean energy agenda, but a new study suggests the promise of a smooth transition could go up in smoke. Less than 1% of those working in “dirty” carbon-intensive industries such as fossil fuels transitioned to green jobs such as solar, wind or electric vehicles from 2020 through 2022, according to a research paper published by the nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research. “There are definitely a number of places in the U.S. that if you were to remove the carbon-intensive job option, there would be really big hits to workers,” said economics professor Mark Curtis, co-author of the study.