Create a just transition from fossil-fuel work to clean-energy jobs

Omar supports a Green New Deal that invests in clean-energy systems and provides jobs for people currently employed in the fossil-fuel economy and workers shut out of the economy. She says fossil-fuel workers should be adequately transitioned to green-economy employment, and calls for job training and placement in clean energy for communities of color.

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In their own words

those employed in the fossil fuel economy are adequately transitioned to employment in the green economy

The source

Ilhan Omar: Fight for Environmental Justice and Climate Action actions-internal-arrow ↗

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