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This Climate One podcast is sponsored by General Motors. How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy?

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy,

economy and the environment.

Bringing together the brightest and most provocative leaders of our time,

Climate One is the place where big ideas get heard.

With thoughtful and insightful discussions on

policy business science and culture climate one founder gregg dalton gets to the heart of the matter

it's our future it's time to come together from the commonwealth club of california this is

climate one changing the conversation about America's

energy, economy, and environment. I'm Greg Dalton. One of the main arguments against switching

to cleaner energy is that it will hurt your pocketbook or the economy overall, but the cost

of solar power is dropping quickly, and in many parts of the country, sun power is competitive

with fossil fuels.

What about jobs?

Last year, jobs in the American solar industry surpassed employment in oil and gas extraction for the first time.

That means more Americans work tapping the sun than oil and gas under our feet.

Worldwide, more than 8 million people have clean energy jobs, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.

That's an industry group based in, get this, Abu Dhabi.

On the show today, we will travel the west coast of North America home to some of the greenest economies in the world.

We'll learn what they are doing to create jobs while moving away from extraction industries toward cleaner businesses.

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