By Veronica Butcher, E2 North Carolina Representative

E2’s presence was felt across North Carolina this month, with the release of our first-ever jobs report in the state and a series of listening sessions with business leaders and investors in partnership with the NC Department of Commerce and NC Sustainable Energy Association in 3 cities — Asheville, Charlotte and Raleigh.

The events provided business leaders the opportunity to engage in a dialogue around the policy recommendations needed in North Carolina to meet to the goals of Governor Roy Cooper’s Executive Order 80 and ensure a skilled workforce, meet current and future…

By Gail Parson, Director of Membership & State Engagement
The third year of the E2 1 Hotels Fellowship officially launched this week with applications for the 2019–2020 class being accepted now!

We are thrilled to once again find 10 new business leaders with visions to impact our country’s most pressing environmental issues.

In our first two years, these leaders have made a real difference in state and local levels throughout the nation. Our fellows are underway working in states across every region in the U.S., from developing a practical guide to build out EV stations in Chicago to working with…

E2 is a proud co-sponsor of the new Jobs With Impact Sustainability Leaders Podcast, created by E2 Northern California director David Rosenheim. The latest podcast is our co-founder Nicole Lederer.

Nicole co-founded Environmental Entrepreneurs on the premise that the economy and the environment are not divergent interests. E2 has proven time and again that sound environmental policy is beneficial to our economy. At its core, E2 is a network of about 1000 leaders in business and that tent has now broadened to include military leaders and farms. This growth is all part of Nicole’s vision. …

E2 is a proud co-sponsor of the new Jobs With Impact Sustainability Leaders Podcast, created by E2 Northern California director David Rosenheim. The latest podcast is with Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board and one of the world’s leading voices on climate and clean energy policies. The podcast was recorded in front of a live audience of E2 members, supporters and others at the Santa Monica office of NRDC.

The conversation centers around Mary’s background, from her roots in Ithaca New York, to her time as the first female reporter for the WSJ, to her post overseeing…

As the renewable energy revolution spreads across the country, an opportunity is at-hand for Oregon to become a leader in the transition and reap the economic benefits that come with it.

E2’s (Environmental Entrepreneurs) recently released Clean Jobs Oregon report finds that more than 55,000 clean energy jobs are supported by the Oregon economy — with jobs in every one of Oregon’s 36 counties and 30 state senate districts. The report further identifies that Oregon is increasing its workforce in solar, energy efficiency, clean vehicles, wind, and other clean tech. In fact, Oregon’s rural communities boast a clean energy workforce…

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By Malcom Miller and Brad Pnazek

Every day the Midwest’s economy becomes more energy efficient, relies on more megawatts of electricity generated from renewable technologies like wind and solar, and uses an ever-expanding fleet of electric vehicles (EV) to transport people and goods. Against this backdrop, Midwestern states have for the past few years been locked in a pitched battle with each other to create the kind of environment that allows for clean energy companies to thrive and create more local jobs.

We are the two Michiganders involved in different aspects of Michigan’s clean energy sector — one of us…

Grant Carlisle, Director of Advocacy

In August, the Trump administration formally began its process of rolling back federal clean vehicles standards that would reduce fuel efficiency for cars and light-duty trucks from 54.5 mpg to 37.5 mpg by model year 2025.

E2 is working hard across the country to point out the economic fallacy of this unwise rulemaking. …