The great electrician shortage: a bonus episode from The Carbon Copy with Stephen Lacey

Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers

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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Related episodes from the Year of the Climate Job - a Degrees miniseries:

• How to network for a green job with purpose-driven LinkedIn expert Nick@Noon
• Browngirl Green’s Kristy Drutman: Taking the mystery out of finding a green job
• Transfer your skills to a green job with Work on Climate’s Eugene Kirpichov
• Learn how to build your climate experience with Terra.do founder Anshuman Bapna

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Who makes Degrees?

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.