New York Clean Energy Economy Outlook Quiz

How many clean energy jobs were there across the State at the end of 2020?

• 100,000

• 160,000

• 200,000

• 250,000

What percentage of New York's clean energy workers lost their job as of the end of 2020?

• 2%

• 4%

• 6%

• 9%

What is one of the goals of New York's clean energy innovation economy?

• To reduce the use of fossil fuels by 50%

• To develop new solutions for a low-carbon future

• To increase the number of coal plants

• To decrease the number of clean energy jobs

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Which city in New York is mentioned as a location for growing new industries such as battery manufacturing and research?

• Albany

• Buffalo

• Binghamton

• Rochester

What is one of the efforts mentioned to build an inclusive clean energy economy?

• Increasing fossil fuel subsidies

• Developing a pipeline of skilled labor

• Reducing the number of clean energy projects

• Limiting export markets

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What is one of the main goals of the NY Green Bank as outlined in the strategies for 2022-2025?

• Increase the size, volume, and breadth of sustainable infrastructure investment activity throughout the State

• Reduce the size of the private financial world

• Decrease market participants' access to capital on commercial terms

• Limit the mobilization of private capital and financing for clean energy projects

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Which of the following is a strategy to support innovation in New York State?

• Limit the development of climate technologies

• Support the development of climate technologies necessary to meet the State’s Climate Act goals

• Reduce the impact of the Climate Act

• Discourage the relocation of climate-tech companies to New York

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What is one of the strategies for workforce development mentioned in the document?

• Reduce training infrastructure for existing workers

• Develop training infrastructure to upskill existing workers and prepare the next generation of clean energy workers

• Limit job preparedness and placement for priority populations

• Decrease collaboration with labor unions

What is the purpose of the economic development strategy mentioned in the document?

• To make State economic development resources less impactful

• To organize and make State economic development resources more impactful

• To reduce strategic alignment on supply chain

• To limit community-center developments

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What is the goal of New York's Transformation 2030 initiative?

• To reduce the state's carbon emissions by 50%

• To create nearly half-a-million climate jobs in New York by 2030

• To eliminate all fossil fuel usage in New York by 2030

• To increase the state's GDP by 20%

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