Green jobs steam ahead in US, says report

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Green jobs are proving to be an economic lynchpin, in spite of a traditionally hands-off public policy, says a new report

Clean energy economy jobs in the US grew by 9.1 per cent between 1998 and 2007, compared to an overall job growth rate of just 3.7 per cent, according to a report from the Pew Charitable Trust. The...

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