All Posts Tagged With: "green jobs"

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Clean Energy Economy for Five Rocky Mountain States — A New Analysis

Wyoming trails badlly in every major category — in clean energy business, job creation and investment –and the Cowboy State ranks only 49th for public funding from competitively-awarded federal stimulus grants by the Department of Energy

17Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil, Natural Gas Industries Can Boost Jobs

Then there are those “green” jobs that everybody is talking about. America’s oil and gas industry is already creating them. Between 2000 and 2008, the industry invested $58.4 billion in greenhouse gas-mitigating technologies — more than was invested by either the federal government or by all other U.S.-based private industries combined.

8Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Report: West Leads in Clean Energy Boom –
Wyoming’s Clean Energy Jobs Grew Four
Times Faster Than Total Jobs

Clean energy jobs, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, environmentally-friendly production, conservation and pollution mitigation and training and support – grew despite a lack of sustained government support in the past decade, Pew found.

11Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Green Job Growth Faces Major Challenges

A massive economic transition doesn’t happen overnight. Training and hiring millions of people for green jobs demands time, financial investment, and an adjustment of expectations about the very look and feel of a 21st century labor force that is fostering sustainable change.

13Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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HOW TO CREATE 2M GREEN JOBS WITHIN TWO YEARS

“Green Recovery” describes a green recovery program that could lay the foundation for sustainable economic growth while boosting the country’s energy security. The U.S. holds the potential to generate two million jobs in two years with a $100 billion investment in cleantech, according to new report.

17Sep2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued