Workers in some of California's poorest rural counties are benefiting from the switch to renewable energy. These are good jobs, too, with high pay, benefits, pensions, and union protection.
Rural areas in the USA and other industrialized nations have suffered in recent decades from Globalization as manufacturing jobs have been outsourced or made redundant by new technology.
The economic promise of green tech has been talked about for a while. It's great to see that promise coming true and benefiting the hard-working people who need it most.
Read more and hear a short podcast at
Yale Climate Connections.
