Countering Canberra’s fossil-backed call for a gas-powered pandemic recovery plan, the Australian lobby group Beyond Zero Emissions has mapped a solar- and wind-powered path to the swift creation of one million green jobs across the energy, manufacturing, and building sectors.

Released in the wake of recent reports that 800,000 Australians lost their jobs to pandemic-related restrictions in April and May, the plan would see “as many as 150,000 jobs created in building out solar and wind capacity as well as transmission infrastructure; 250,000 opportunities in modernizing and expanding the manufacturing sector; and 300,000 to create three million ‘Zero Energy Bill’ buildings,” writes Bloomberg Green. Electrifying transportation, land restoration projects, and concerted efforts to improve recycling would bring yet more Australians back into the work force.

Source: Australian Lobby Group Points to One Million Jobs in Green Recovery Plan – The Energy Mix