Why Green Jobs Are Worth Keeping Around

Energy fobs Jobs that produce goods or services that help the environment are on the rise. These "grêen-collar" jobs may fall under the fields of renewable energy. energy efficiency, pollution reduction. natural resource conservation or environmental compliance and public Energy jobs Today What Does the Fubure One Project = Many New Jobs O New Job Creation Hold? Electrical engineers Solar Jobs on the Rise Electricians Welders LLLL Funding Programs Will Increase Demand for Green Construction managers The solar industry in the U.S. employs 100,000 people. • Air quality control specialists Metal fabricators 6,700 jobs Installation helpers - Economic stimulus -State energy programs •Automotive engineering •Biofuels processing JOBS were added in the last year. Electrical equipment assemblers Laborers technicians -Alternative and renewable fuel and vehicle technology program technicians Industrial machinery mechanics Green nonresidential construction on the rise -Energy innovation grants -Rebates for solar electricity Construction equipment operators The U.S. Has Big Plans What Green Jobs Pay $43-$54 billion A Little Inuestment Goes a Long Way Inuesting in Green Solar design engineer $50,000-$60,000 Double renewable energy generation by 2012 $3 billion President Obama's Recovery Act includes a Green product designer $41,000-$54,000 Studies show that investing $150 billion $90 billion investment in clean energy. which has already created nearly +14x in clean energy can create Put 1 million aduanced technology vehicles on the road by 2015 Double the share of clean Wind technician $35,000-$52,000 1.7 million electricity in 25 years 225,000 new jobs in just 2 years. clean energy jobs. 2005 2010 $150,000,000,000, JOB Become leader in clean energy innovation JÓB Sourĉes http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/other_publication_types/green_jobs_peri,pdf http://www.treehugger.com/files/201/09/us-solar-industry-employs-100000-grew-august.php http://www.whitehouse.gou/blog/2011/01/31/keeping-america-competitive-innovation-and-clean-energy http://www.askmen.com/money/career_250/256_green-collar-careers.html http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/clean_energy html http://www.bls.gov/green/construction/ http://www.onetcenter.org/green.html?p=2 http://www.bls.gou/green/