Robert Downey Jr. signs autographs as he arrives at the premiere of “Avengers: Endgame” at the Los Angeles Convention Center in 2019. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
WASHINGTON – The Energy Department is teaming with actor Robert Downey Jr. to recruit up to 1,000 new workers focused on climate change and clean energy.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday released a video with the “Iron Man” actor encouraging applicants from diverse backgrounds to join the department’s “clean energy corps” and take on jobs aimed at accelerating deployment of clean energy such as wind and solar power.
Participants will help build thousands of miles of electric transmission lines to carry wind and solar power and take on other jobs to research, develop and deploy ways to produce energy while cutting planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, Granholm said. The new…
Granholm, actor Robert Downey Jr. boost clean energy jobs
