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GREEN COLLAR JOBS

Green collar jobs are those in the environmental sectors, specifically companies developing energy-efficient technology and clean renewable energy, and include environmental consultants, green building architects, solar and wind energy engineers, green vehicle engineers, organic farmers, and environmental lawyers, to name a few. This topic tracks the latest trends on green color jobs and the possibility of a “green collar economy.”

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EU labor market deeply hit by crisismore

market perspective. Although the total net job creation effects may not be very large as creation of new 'green' jobs...

Obama says boosting jobs is a top prioritymore

He said the forum would focus on how to lift U.S. exports and infrastructure spending and create green jobs.

Green Jobs Created Through $100 Million Sonoma County Energy Independe...more

SCWA Chairman and County Supervisor Paul Kelley. 'SCEIP is a model for the nation on how to build green jobs, reduce...

Choosing the Right Green MBA Program For Career Success: 10 Key Factor...more

Discover the 10 most important factors you should be using to select a green mba program and how to use them to select...

New Report Warns Against 'Bubble' Economic Recoverymore

argues that dollar for dollar, one of the best investments the United States can make is to create green jobs focused...

First Solar Sells California Solar Power Project to NRGmore

per year-the equivalent of taking 2,200 cars off the road. The construction of this project created 175 green jobs.

Obama asks for patience on economymore

business and labour to review how to boost credit to small business, encourage firms to hire and boost green jobs and...

Pale or dark, its a green jobs bonanzamore

If Gordon Brown is right, 1.3m people in Britain will be working in green jobs by 2017 and at least 400,000 of these...

David A. Fahrenthold -- Around the world, climate-change ads take dark...more

support for climate legislation, have backed off the scare tactics and focused instead on side benefits such as green...

Obama asks Americans for patience on economymore

business and labor to review how to boost credit to small business, encourage firms to hire and boost green jobs and...

Where are all the jobs? Health care: Medical industry outpaces retail ...more

was, however, some sign of hope in the report. he investment board expects to see a proliferation of 'green jobs' in...

Wave machine to power homesmore

Salmond said that through such investments, the Scottish government was working to meet climate change targets and...

Why is green business decades away? Better ask the business peoplemore

don't think you would see industry anywhere vote for an increased tax on itself.'' He says so-called green collar jobs...

Green Builders' Study Forecasts Job Growthmore

green building’ to become obsolete by making all building and retrofits green.” The study argued that the terms “green...

Siemens Chief Discusses Green Initiativesmore

a new wind turbine production facility in Hutchinson, Kansas. With that Siemens is going to add 400 new green jobs to...

Answers on Community Colleges, Part 5more

recession, community colleges in a number of communities are ramping up new programs (to prepare people for new “green”...

Across the Board, GOP Senate Candidates Shy Away From Cap and Trademore

FreedomWorks, a conservative group that has rallied opposition to the bill. 'These people don't believe that these...

Indiana gets $4 million grant to help autoworkersmore

Labor awarded the grant Wednesday to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development as part of $55 million in green...

Florida awarded $1.25M federal grant to survey green jobsmore

with spurring employment has received a $1.25 million federal grant to identify and classify the number of green jobs...

Reaching out to industry: College's new coordinator offers one-on-one ...more

can be more environmentally friendly and better understand what they can do to promote a green economy and green jobs.

New Report Finds Addressing Climate Change, 'Green' Jobs Keys to Econo...more

Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, December 7-18. The U.S. economic recovery has the potential to create...

Forty Conservationists Receive 2009 Together Green Fellowshipsmore

Rising Stars Singled Out by Audubon/Toyota for Environmental Leadership NEW YORK, Nov. 19, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --...

Regional study to tally green jobs, how to increase numbermore

The federal government is underwriting a $4 million study of how many "green" jobs there are in Maryland,...

On the White House Jobs Forummore

break into. The topics suggest familiar presidential themes, starting with a first panel on “The Innovation Agenda and...

Companies Call Government Incentives the Key to Greenmore

pollution. And it has aggressively pursued manufacturing of wind and solar power, stirring concern in Congress — where...

Top Sources: Green Collar Jobs

  • MSNBC
  • fastcompany.com
  • online.wsj.com
  • greeneconomypost.com
  • New York Times
  • enn.com
  • Reuters India
  • popsci.com
  • San Francisco Chronicle
  • BusinessWeek

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