Creating New Jobs By Investing In Renewable Energy And Energy Efficiency

At a time when major U.S. companies are announcing job layoffs almost daily, the renewable energy industry is hiring new workers every day to build wind farms, install rooftop solar arrays, and build solar thermal and geothermal power plants. The output of industrial firms that manufacture the equipment for these energy facilities is expanding by well over 30 percent a year. As I note in my recent Earth Policy Institute Update “Creating New Jobs”, these investments both create jobs and help prevent climate change from spiraling out of control.

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