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Ja-Chin Audrey Lee, Solar, California
“Investing in clean energy is investing in our future. Our economy is dependent on energy and future generations are dependent on energy being sustainable, renewable, plentiful, and clean.”
Jessica Hutcheson, Electric Vehicles, California
“I wish people could feel confident about building and being innovative in this space. Nobody's ever done this before so it's okay for you to dream. That is so powerful — to be able to take a population of people that has never been allowed to dream and say, ‘Hey, here's an opportunity for you to dream and be included!’“
Ellie Redding, Electric Vehicles, California
“The transition to clean energy is inevitable, but the sooner we make that transition, the better the outcomes -- for climate change, but also for public health, energy independence, and economic opportunity.”
Aimee Bailey, Electrification, California
“[Clean energy] is the most exciting and multi-disciplinary industry out there!”
Sadie Henderson, Climate Investment, California
“The clean energy industry isn’t just about cars and power plants and batteries – energy production dictates how we grow food, how we distribute food, how we get our water, clean our water, create textiles, and more.”
Jeff Nunes, Biotech, California
“The investment would have a longer life with clean energy jobs. We will still need crude oil for some things yet the more we create clean energy the less we can depend on fossil fuels.”
Adrienne Pierce, Microgrids, California
“Carbon should stay in the ground. We can be smarter training and investing in a clean energy economy that rebuilds our infrastructure for a more sustainable future and mitigates climate change.”
Kathy Hannun, Geothermal Heat Pumps, California
“Clean energy jobs tend to be hyper local, so investing in clean energy jobs has a lot of benefits for local economies in addition to the climate benefits.”
Cece Luciano, Thermal Batteries, California
“The frustrating reality about climate change is that it often disproportionately affects those that did the least to cause it. We’re already seeing this reality with changes in weather events, sea level, global temperatures, air quality, and more: those from disadvantaged communities and countries tend to see the brunt of these effects. Embracing clean energy allows me to be part of the solution to this problem.”
Scott Kato, Thermal Batteries, California
“The opportunities are growing in the clean energy industry, it's a different working environment now compared to five or ten years ago. When I graduated university, jobs in the clean energy industry were scarce; now there are plenty of opportunities.”
Bijan Shiravi, Thermal Batteries, California
“The clean energy sector is growing rapidly, and it’s not stopping. Working in clean energy is almost a guarantee to ensure you’ll be hireable in the coming 10-20 years. Not many other industries can make that same claim.”
Chanel Jenkins, Solar, California
“Clean energy jobs will continue to provide reliable, and affordable power to help families, businesses and communities save money. Fossil fuel jobs will only assist with releasing large numbers of pollutants into the atmosphere, creating pollution levels.”
A Good Career
Hear from employees at ESS how entering the clean energy workforce has been good for their careers.
Sumana Seshadri, Solar, California
“Clean energy is vital to keeping the environment and current wildlife safe. I am an environmentalist first and foremost and the clean energy transition is a key part of preventing the harms from climate change.”
Brian Hoopes, Solar, California
“Solar is safe and effective, we're not destroying the land, it's just being utilized in a new way for a while, and can be restored to the way it was in the decades to come.”