142,000 U.S. clean energy jobs were added to the economy in 2023, double that of overall jobs

Coal jobs fell nearly 8,500 or 5.3% as power generation continued to switch from coal to gas, wind, and solar.

Jobs in the U.S. clean energy industry in 2023 grew at more than double the rate of the country’s overall jobs, and unionization in clean energy surpassed for the first time the rate in the wider energy industry, the Energy Department said on Wednesday.