The Green New Deal Is a Jobs Engine, Despite Trump

This article is part of the series, “Left Hook Economics: The Dollars & Sense Policy Forum.”

PERI’s Robert Pollin posits that Trump’s war of choice in Iran and other policies have made the transition to a clean energy economy more imperative than ever.

“What Trump and his minions ignore is that the investments to build the new clean energy infrastructure will create far more jobs than the jobs that will be lost through phasing out fossil fuels. Moreover, any Green New Deal program worthy of the name will include generous transition provisions for the fossil fuel industry dependent workers whose jobs will be phased out.”

Pollin highlights the results of a major study he and his coauthors produced for advancing a green transition in Michigan, which is the latest addition to PERI’s Green Economy Transition Programs for U.S. States.