Ecotech Institute’s Clean Jobs Index Shows More Than One Million Clean Energy Jobs Exist

updated for 3rd quarter 2013* Clean Jobs are jobs in businesses that produce goods or provide services that benefit the environment or WHAT IS A G CLEANJOBE conserve natural resources. Clean Jobs are jobs in which workers' duties involve making their establishment's production processes more environmentally friendly or use fewer natural resources. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) defines these as green jobs. We call them clean jobs. *Some data reflects increases from 2nd Quarter 2013 to 3rd Quarter 2013 There were a total of 1549% 54% 54% 54% |54% 54% 5 1,099,734 54% 54% 5 clean job openings posted in 3rd Quarter 2013. That's a 54% increase! States with the most Alternative Fueling Stations (per capita) 1543 New Alternative Fueling Stations have opened since 2nd Quarter Hawaii Oregon Washington Tennessee Ohio moved from 24th in Energy Efficiency to 2nd this quarter THE MOST ENERGY EFFICIENT STATES STATES WITH THE MOST INCENTIVES FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND RENEWABLES California Texas California Minnesota Rhode Island Minnesota Washington Connecticut New York Vermont Oregon Maryland Ohio Washington Massachusetts Oregon Honorable Mention: Rhode Island with the most incentives and rebates added in 3rd Quarter "I just don't see solutions to our biggest energy and environmental problems without a very strong demand-side response, and that's why it's logical to focus on energy efficiency." Dr. Ernest Moniz, U.S. Energy Secretary, 2013 Sources What is a clean job? http://www.ecotechinstitute.com/cleanjobsindex/Frequently-Asked-Questions.aspx?region=DUS CLEANJOBSINDEX States with the most Alternative Fuel Stations http://www.eia.gov The most Energy Efficient States http://www.ecotechinstitute.com/cleanjobsindex/Energy-Efficiency.aspx?region=DUS The Clean Jobs Index is a tool to compare states' use and development of clean energy as it relates to employment in the sector. It does not indicate the presence or promise of any job. No endorsement of the Clean Jobs Index by organizations providing data is implied. States with the Most Incentives for Sustanability and Renewables http://www.dsireusa.org ecotech "l just don't see solutions... http://www.http:/l/energy.gov/articles/energy-secretary-moniz-promises-focus-energy-efficiency INSTITUTE. ecotechinstitute.com/dleanjobsindex updated quarterly