Negotiate windfall-profit taxes that flow into worker-owned transition funds so electricians and rig crews finance the very cooperatives they will soon work for.

Legislate climate benefits agreements that guarantee living wage apprenticeships for local youth every time a decommissioning permit is issued.

Co-create storytelling campaigns with union leaders so the public hears workers articulate why clean energy jobs can mean more dignity, not just different uniforms.

Map skill adjacencies basin by basin; when planners show that turbine maintenance and petrochemical safety share competencies, training budgets become targeted instead of symbolic.

Treat refineries as future resilience labs by retrofitting campuses into battery assembly and grid-repair training centers before layoffs begin.