In a generally bleak employment picture, the green jobs sector is growing faster than any other. By 2007, a Pew Charitable Trusts report on the Clean Energy Economy counted 770,000 jobs in all 50 states that met the “double bottom line” of economic growth and environmental sustainability. Clean energy economy jobs grew by 9.1% between 1998 and 2007, compared to just 3.7% in overall job growth in those years (before the markets crashed). Venture capital investment — thin on the ground throughout the economy now — totaled $12.6 billion in the clean tech sector between 2006 and 2009.
via Best Cities for Green Jobs – How to Find a Green Job – thedailygreen.com.
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December 29, 2009
There is already visible growth in the smart grid sector, there is a site smartgridcareers.com which has all the latest jobs in smart grid.