Clean energy explosion

The clean energy economy is booming in California, where clean jobs increased by 23 percent, from 297,179 to 368,288, between 2010 to 2014. That's according to a recent report by the Pacific Coast Collaborative, formed in 2013 by the governors of Washington, Oregon and California and the premier of British Columbia with the goal of creating a clean economy and reducing carbon emissions. Over that same period, the gross domestic product of California's clean economy increased from $39.7 billion to $52.6 billion. The explosive growth of solar energy has been a driving factor—in 2014 alone, about $11.8 billion was invested in solar installations, and the industry employed 28,000 people.