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Wind turbine technicians, among the nation's fastest-growing jobs, have suffered job losses due to the pandemic.

Climate change is looming. But America has lost 600,000 clean energy jobs

May 14, 2020 at 12:26 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — The United States shed more than half a million clean energy jobs in March and April, a new report says, reversing years of growth in an industry...

DESERT CENTER CA JUNE 21, 2017 - A view of old Eagle Mountain mining plant, town, and solar power plant in distant. The Eagle Crest Energy Co. wants to build a hydro power project on the site of the long closed Eagle Mountain iron mine next to Joshua Tree National Park. The project would circulate water between two large mining pits to generate electricity during periods of peak demand and feed it into the Southern California grid.

Environmental disaster or key to a clean energy future? A new twist on hydropower

March 9, 2020 at 11:46 a.m.

EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Calif. — Steve Lowe gazed into a gaping pit in the heart of the California desert, careful not to let the blistering wind send him toppling over the...

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