Green Options » new jobs http://greenoptions.com/tag/new-jobs Posts tagged 'new jobs' Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:17:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en $100 Billion US Investment to Create 2 Million “Green” Jobs http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/100-billion-us-investment-to-create-2-million-green-jobs/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/100-billion-us-investment-to-create-2-million-green-jobs/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:17:31 +0000 Joshua S Hill http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/100-billion-us-investment-to-create-2-million-green-jobs/ 344212791_170bd1baf4 At a time when the environment seems to be going to hell in a handbasket, alongside the economy and employment rates, a new investment by the US government could lend a helping hand. Being assessed by the Center for American Progress, the $100 billion investment could see the creation of some 2 million “green” jobs.

This stimulus package, for lack of a better term, would greatly affect industries such as steel and construction. “From the point of view of the steelworkers union, the view is quite simple, that an energy-efficient green economy creates jobs, and it can create jobs in America,” says Leo Gerard, international president of United Steelworkers.

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