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Report: Clean energy jobs grow, but wages lag fossil sector

FILE - An employee of NY State Solar, a residential and commercial photovoltaic systems company, installs an array of solar panels on a roof, Aug. 11, 2022, in the Long Island hamlet of Massapequa, N.Y. A new report has found that clean energy now provides more employment than the fossil fuel industry, reflecting the shift that efforts to tackle climate change are having on the global jobs market. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

FILE - Lucas Drake, center, and other classmates practice techniques for working at heights during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Aug. 2, 2022. A new report has found that clean energy now provides more employment than the fossil fuel industry, reflecting the shift that efforts to tackle climate change are having on the global jobs market. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE - Maintenance engineers check installations at a new solar park outside the northern Greek city of Kozani on June 3, 2022. A new report has found that clean energy now provides more employment than the fossil fuel industry, reflecting the shift that efforts to tackle climate change are having on the global jobs market. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Report: Clean energy jobs grow, but wages lag fossil sector