Biden’s Clean Energy Wins Spur Agency’s Climate Hiring Effort

The Energy Department is eager to bring on hundreds of people as it advances $62 billion for energy infrastructure such as hydrogen, carbon capture, and electric transmission—projects poised to grow following the Democrats’ climate-and-tax bill signed into law last week.

The department has hired about 150 people so far this year, short of what agency officials and workforce experts say is ultimately needed to scale up clean energy programs laid out in the bipartisan infrastructure law passed last November. The agency has even enlisted actor Robert Downey Jr. of the “Iron Man” films fame to help overcome what ...