Clean Energy Boom Is Already Great for Texas — And Getting Even Better

Skyrocketing clean energy job growth means more than 250,000 Texans now work in the field — more than in oil and gas. That's good news as oil prices — and jobs — are declining.

Texas has a far more diverse economy than it did in the 1980s, when an oil bust shattered the state’s economy. But Texas is still vulnerable to lower oil prices, and lower oil prices are here. It looks like oil prices may go lower still. 

The looming crunch is another reminder that the state still needs to do more to diversify its energy industry and wor…