{"id":4828,"date":"2023-01-23T15:29:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T15:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/?p=4828"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:33:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T15:33:41","slug":"joanne-kilgour-future-of-southwestern-pa-decades-of-good-paying-clean-and-green-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/joanne-kilgour-future-of-southwestern-pa-decades-of-good-paying-clean-and-green-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanne Kilgour: Future of Southwestern PA \u2014 decades of good-paying clean and green jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TribLive,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a class=\"byline\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Joanne Kilgour<\/a>, <\/span><span class=\"hidden-xs\">Friday, Jan. 20, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This region is a place where hard work and innovation go hand in hand. For years, Western Pennsylvanian workers proudly built the steel that fueled America\u2019s economy. Now we\u2019re ready to do it again \u2014 and we have no time to waste.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Now, we have a way to get there.<\/p>\n<p>A new report by the <a href=\"https:\/\/ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ohio River Valley Institute <\/a>(ORVI) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strategen <\/a>is the first blueprint for Southwestern Pennsylvania to transition to a healthy and prosperous future through clean, proven, cost-effective renewable energy. The analysis details how a transition to renewables would boost employment, and reduce harmful, climate-damaging emissions more effectively and at a lower cost than other approaches still rooted in extraction \u2014 things like hydrogen energy and carbon capture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/opinion\/joanne-kilgour-future-of-southwestern-pa-decades-of-good-paying-clean-and-green-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/triblive.com\/opinion\/joanne-kilgour-future-of-southwestern-pa-decades-of-good-paying-clean-and-green-jobs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Report link:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org\/a-clean-energy-pathway-for-southwestern-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org\/a-clean-energy-pathway-for-southwestern-pennsylvania\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Western Pennsylvania boasts an extensive skilled workforce that can be utilized to build renewable energy infrastructure. We have an untapped opportunity to create local jobs, cut emissions and improve our homes, buildings and quality of life with widespread energy efficiency improvements. Our region has also emerged as a hub for sustainability research. We\u2019re ready for clean energy solutions that are good for workers, good for families and good for our climate.  Now, we have a way to get there.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":4829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pa_pgh_news","category-solutions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}