Three times more people working in green-collar jobs than coal

Jessica Shankleman
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'As an industry we are truly creating jobs out of fresh air' says RenewableUK

The number of people working in the UK's wind and marine power sector has soared by 74 per cent over the past three years to more than 34,000, according to a major new industry report published today....

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