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More People Now Work In Clean Energy Than Fossil Fuels!

Workers pulling a rope under a windmill arm
PAVEL MIKHEYEV - QUARTZ

A new report from the International Energy Agency shows almost 40 million people globally work in jobs related to clean energy.

That amounts to 56% of total energy sector employment.

Thus, for the first time in history, clean energy jobs outnumber those involved in fossil fuels.

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