Finding the Right Fit: What Jobs Offer a Good Match for Fossil Fuel Workers’ Skills?

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Date

Feb. 5, 2025

Time

2:00–3:15 p.m. ET

Event Series

Webinar

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A new RFF study funded by the US Department of Energy examines what jobs offer the best match in terms of skills for workers in the coal, oil, and natural gas industries in the United States.

Join RFF on Wednesday, February 5, for a webinar where study authors Jacob Greenspon and RFF Fellow and Director, Equity in the Energy Transition Initiative Daniel Raimi will discuss their analysis and demonstrate a new interactive data tool that allows users to examine which jobs offer the best match for workers in a variety of occupations that are heavily concentrated in fossil fuels.

After the presentation, Myles McCormick from Financial Times will moderate a panel discussion featuring workforce experts from academia, industry, and policy, followed by an interactive question and answer session with the online audience.

Speakers

  • Eleanor Krause, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Kentucky
  • Caleb Woodall, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, US Department of Energy
  • Efrem Bycer, Workforce and Climate Policy Partnerships, LinkedIn
  • Jacob Greenspon, Economist, University of Oxford
  • Daniel Raimi, Fellow & Director, Equity in the Energy Transition Initiative, RFF
  • Myles McCormick, Houston Correspondent, Financial Times (Moderator)

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