Ensuring fairness for workers in a clean economy

Effective policies are essential for supporting fossil fuel workers and communities in transition.

Moving toward a clean energy future is our best path for growing the economy and averting the worst impacts of climate change. As this transition accelerates, policymakers must ensure that fossil fuel workers and communities have the tools and support they need.

EDF is partnering with Resources for the Future to review policies that can support and prepare workers and communities reliant on fossil fuels.

Learn what is happening and why

How does the clean energy transition impact workers and communities?

Date updated: January 28, 2021

Our work

Through this collaboration, EDF and RFF will publish reports and case studies that explore how federal policymakers can ensure a fair and equitable energy transition.

Policy Deep Dive: Public benefits programs

Policy Deep Dive: Environmental remediation and infrastructure

Policy Deep Dive: Economic development

Policy Deep Dive: Labor policies

A review of federal policies for a fair energy transition

Coal communities in transition: Colstrip, MT [PDF]

Coal communities in transition: Athens, OH [PDF]

German coal communities in transition [PDF]

Regional just transitions in the UK [PDF]

Just transition in Poland [PDF]

Updates

• RFF and EDF Live Event: An equitable transition for workers and communities

  April 28, 2021

  Resources for the Future

• Op-ed: Give former fossil fuel workers a stake in the clean energy future

  March,25, 2021

  The Boston Globe

• Politico Live Event: Communities in Transition - The Future of American Energy

  February 2, 2021

  Politico

• Op-ed: To fight climate change, strand fossil fuel assets, not workers

  September 2, 2020

  The Hill

• New research series: Ensuring fairness for workers and communities in the transition to a clean economy

  August 4, 2020

  Climate 411