The great electrician shortage: a bonus episode from The Carbon Copy with Stephen Lacey
The table is set for widespread electrification. But, facing a shortage of electricians to make it happen, could this be an opportunity for you to make a big difference? We’re sharing an episode from a podcast we love called The Carbon Copy. To decarbonize the economy, we need to electrify everything. That means installing millions of heat pumps, EV chargers, electric water heaters and rooftop solar panels. But there’s one big problem: finding enough electricians to make it happen. Electricians across the country are flooded with work — and just as demand is skyrocketing, many in the field are nearing retirement age.
Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers · Daniel Hill, Stephen Lacey, Emily Pontecorvo
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Show Notes
The Carbon Copy is a co-production of Post Script Media and Canary Media.
In a special collaboration with Grist, reporter Emily Pontecorvo discusses where to find all the electricians we need to electrify everything and how we can train enough new entrants to the field to meet our climate goal. Read Emily’s feature article.
Read a transcript of this episode: The great electrician shortage.
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Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers is presented by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Daniel Hill hosts The Year of the Climate Job. Yesh Pavlik Slenk hosts Degrees. Amy Morse is EDF’s producer. Podcast Allies is our production company. Stephanie Wolf is senior producer; Andrew Parrella is our production manager; Elaine Appleton Grant is CEO of Podcast Allies and Tina Bassir is podcast manager. Our music is Shame, Shame, Shame from Yesh’s favorite band, Lake Street Dive.
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