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address above.March 2009STUDY FORECASTS 297,000 GREEN JOBSEstablishing standards for the amount of the nation's energy to come from
renewables will create lots more jobs like these, a new study says.....SURGE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS PURSUING 'CLEAN ENERGY' CAREERSClimate change is a concern among undergraduates, driving a surge of
interest in science and engineering on campuses nationwide.....SOLAR ENERGY, GREEN JOBS ARE BIG WINNERS IN 2009 LEGISLATIVE SESSIONThe 2009 New Mexico legislative session may be remembered by many as the
one when the money stopped flowing and painful budget decisions had to be
made. But renewable energy advocates say 2009 is actually the year when
state government got on board the renewable energy bandwagon.....WHERE ARE THE GREEN-COLLAR JOBS?What is a ""green-collar"" job? ""A green-collar job is, in essence, a
blue-collar job that has been upgraded to address the environmental
challenges of our country,"" according to Lucy Blake of the Apollo Alliance,
which is helping to transition the economy from fossil fuels to renewable
energy.....GOVERNOR RENDELL SAYS STIMULUS FUNDS ALREADY WORKING TO CREATE JOBS, SPARK
RECOVERYWhile visiting a Bucks County window manufacturing plant that expects to
grow because of incentives in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,
Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced five projects that are putting
the stimulus funds to work implementing advanced energy measures and
creating green collar jobs.....GREEN JOBS INITIATIVE ADVANCESA ""green jobs"" initiative sought by Nevada Senate Majority Leader Steven
Horfsord has been endorsed by a key legislative committee.....CLEAN TECH OPEN CALLS FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO CREATE 100,000 GREEN-COLLAR JOBSThe Clean Tech Open, the innovation catalyst that helps great ideas become
viable clean tech businesses, today challenged entrepreneurs, venture
capitalists, government agencies, universities, and non-government
organizations (NGOs) to participate in the Clean Tech Open's 100K Jobs
Challenge -- to create 100,000 clean tech jobs in America over the next
five years.....GREEN JOBS AND BLUE SKIESEnergy efficiency occupations study provides hope for California Bay AreaThe ""three E's"" of the capital markets (economists, employees and everyone)
were all quivering over February's national unemployment rate which
increased to 8.1%, translating to over 12.5 million individuals looking for
jobs.....PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: RENEWABLE ENERGY, MARCHThe latest renewable energy appointments from around the world....GREEN ENERGY FIRM PLEDGES 1200 JOBSRenewable energy company Pacific Hydro has challenged claims the
Government's climate change policies will cost jobs, saying it will create
at least 1200 new positions at Hydro over the next five years if they are
implemented.....WIND ENERGY CAN CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE SAYS VP
OF EU PARLIAMENTMechtild Rothe, Vice President of the European Parliament said that wind
energy can make a real difference to employment and economies. ""Wind energy
is an excellent example of how to intelligently invest in a
future-orientated sustainable economy getting thousands of people into
jobs.....""GREEN JOBS WILL GET US OUT OF RECESSION SAYS TUCCreating thousands of green jobs could not only help the UK slash its CO2
emissions, but investment in a new low carbon workforce could also limit
the length and severity of the current recession, says the"