Community colleges offer clean energy training as climate-related jobs expand across America

DANVILLE, Illinois — On the south side of Chicago, students learn to work on Rivian electric pickup trucks and SUVs through a new technician program at Olive-Harvey College. Associate professor Vered Mirmovitch and her biology class students visit a greenhouse on the West Los Angeles College campus in Culver City, Calif., Tuesday, March 12, 2024. “That’s prime community college space.” Biology class students examine leaves during a botanical tour on the West Los Angeles College in Culver City, Calif., Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A biology class student holds class material during a botanical tour on the West Los Angeles College campus in Culver City, Calif., Tuesday, March 12, 2024. I say let’s weave the technology in existing classes.” Student ambassador Marilyn Chavez, in foreground, talks with a faculty member at the California Center for Climate Change Education on the West Los Angeles College campus in Culver City, Calif., Tuesday, March 12, 2024.