Biden's tough sell in Pennsylvania: green energy to union workers

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President Joe Biden travels on Thursday to Philadelphia to pitch the promise of a green economy to union workers skeptical that the solar, wind and electric vehicle industries can deliver the same economic punch for organized labor as fossil fuel-powered refineries and power plants.

in green technology, while forcing companies that want lucrative subsidies being offered to help the push do more of their manufacturing in the U.S.

She worries clean energy projects like solar and wind farms, along with hydrogen pipelines, oversell and under deliver when it comes to long-term, full-time employment. Unions will benefit from an expanded power grid, a boom in manufacturing from clean energy supply chains and new industries like hydrogen, Zaidi said, noting Danish renewable energy group Ørsted's partnership North America's Building Trades Unions.

"I believe Biden when he says that green energy jobs will be union, the question is just how many jobs will there be," Eiding said.

 

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