Why the green transition has a labor problem
The Biden administration\u2019s ambitious green transition is facing a labor crunch despite the incentives included in Democrats\u2019 Inflation Reduction Act. So far, clean energy companies have announced 100,000 clean energy job openings since the law was passed, but the construction and manufacturing sectors are already short hundreds of thousands of workers. POLITICO\u2019s Zack Colman breaks down why the green transition has a labor problem and how industry is responding. Plus, the Interior Department proposed the first ever Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale.