Why the green transition has a labor problem

The Biden administration’s ambitious green transition is facing a labor crunch despite the incentives included in Democrats’ 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’s 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.   Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.  Zack Colman covers climate change for POLITICO.  Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.