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Many workers have pursued oil and gas careers because they are lucrative in an economy with few well-paying options. Vilifying workers who have made that choice is not only personally irksome to Biven, she says, but deflects blame from those actually responsible for the climate and economic crisis, namely fossil fuel executives.
Biden Could Hire Jobless Oil and Gas Workers to Plug Abandoned Oil Wells
Louisiana's shallow continental shelf is ideal for next-generation wind turbines and boasts one of the nation’s largest share of deployable offshore wind resources. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory forecasts that a single Gulf of Mexico offshore wind project could support approximately 4,470 jobs during construction and an ongoing 150 jobs from operation and maintenance labor, materials, and services.
An energy transition has begun, and it's taken Louisiana jobs in energy with it
In the News
The Wreckage of the Last Energy Epoch: Abandoned Wells and Workers
Dredging Up the Past
One Woman’s Quest to Safeguard Federal Funds Meant to Clean up the Oil and Gas Industry’s Mess
Biden Could Hire Jobless Oil and Gas Workers to Plug Abandoned Oil Wells
An energy transition has begun, and it's taken Louisiana jobs in energy with it
A Green New Deal Is Still Possible, Just Not the Way You Imagined
Louisiana Should be the Heart of the Green New Deal
A new boom in offshore energy jobs? Here's how it might happen
A Bitter Sting: St. James Parish Braces for the Closing of the Shell Convent Refinery
Podcasts & Interviews
Leo Lindner on the Working People Pod discusses his experience on the Deepwater Horizon
Sea Control 319 - Dredging up the Past with Megan Milliken Biven
What the Dredge! Megan Milliken Biven Discusses Why The US Needs Its Own Dredges!
Cleaning up Abandoned Wells = Employing Abandoned Workers
Megan Milliken Biven discussed the Abandoned Well Administration on Current Affairs
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