green jobs

While there is no universally accepted definition for “green jobs” (or the related term "green collar jobs") this phrase has generally been used to refer to occupations that contribute to positive impacts on the environment.

Green jobs can be in the public, private, or non-profit sector and include jobs in areas such as energy efficiency, green building, natural resource management, recycling, and renewable energy. Other definitions of green jobs reflect a broader view of sustainability and include areas such as fair trade or corporate social responsibility.

Organizations including the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the American Solar Energy Society have produced reports on green jobs that document the number of such jobs and project future employment trends. The green jobs sector has also seen the development of specialized education and training programs, green job fairs, and other services to meet current and future needs. Blogs and the mainstream media are providing resources for green job seekers as well as highlighting the potential opportunities and challenges facing this sector.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “green jobs”

• in Finance
  California’s High Speed Rail Project Heads for Derailment
  Critics say the High Speed Rail project is not fast enough to bring jobs, let alone green jobs
  by gmcquade / on Oct 7, 2011
• in Politics
  Green Jobs – Just a Lot of Talk?
  Has the green job promise gone bust? What is a green job? What makes a resource "green" or not? If you are unemployed, is defining "green" a question you can even afford to consider?
  by inlovewiththelord / on Sep 14, 2011
• in Politics
  Obama’s Green Jobs Scam
  Green Jobs Lost in Bankruptcy
  by / on Aug 31, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “green jobs”

 

• Green Projects : Need of the Hour

  
  Your Case Study Search Engine — Authority: 122
  Projects that are environmentally " friendly " by virtue of their ability to reduce pollution, reduce fossil fuel consumption, or some other positive effect on the environment are definitely among those projects that are going forward. So project managers should increase their focus and awareness on these areas. These ...
  11 hours ago

• Hope, Change, & Lies About Green Energy Jobs

  
  Wolf Howling — Authority: 523
  Anyone remember those green energy jobs promises . . . First came the hope - Obama would create 5 million green energy jobs in the U.S. Then came the pocket change - Obama promised to spend up to $150 billion to subsidize this new sector. Now hope and change meet reality.  This from the USA Today : House ...
  13 hours ago

• Another Obama Green Energy Company Fails … Ener1 Received $118.5 Million Stimulus Grant Files for Bankruptcy

  
  Scared Monkeys — Authority: 517
  Another One Bites the Dust … Ener1 received a $118.5 million stimulus grant and was supposed to double its production capacity and create 1,700 jobs, instead it is filing for bankruptcy . The company was supposed to made batteries for electric cars. A funny thing happened on the way to the Obama hand picked ...
  5 days ago

• US Wind Power Grows 31% in 4Q, 17% in 2011, but Expiring Production Tax Credit Threatens Future Gains

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 639
  Graphic courtesy AWEA US wind power installations continued strong to close out 2011. More than 3.4 gigawatts (GW) of clean, renewable wind power capacity were installed in Q4, bringing 2011′s total to 6.81 GW, a 31% year-over-year increase. Looking forward to 2012, more than 8.3 GW of capacity are under ...
  5 days ago

• Dumping Solar: The Case for CASE, Solar Growth and China’s Subsidies

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 639
  International trade tensions between the US and China have risen to become priorities at the national level recently, prompted by the October filing of anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions by the Coalition of American Solar Manufacturing (CASM). In his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, Pres. ...
  6 days ago

• Lux Ranks Thin-Film CIGS Solar PV Manufacturers in Light of Forecast Growth Surge

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 639
  Photo courtesy Ascent Solar There have been a couple or few high-profile CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide) thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) contracts announced recently. If a forecast from Lux Research turns out to be on the mark, 2012 should be the start of a period of rapid expansion in the market for CIGS ...
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• US-China SolarTrade Dispute: The Case for CASM and US Manufacturing

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 639
  Image courtesy JSS Gallery.org Rapid growth in the global market for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and technology assures that competition in the industry will remain fierce all along the value chain, and that brewing international trade tension and disputes regarding their manufacture and export will remain high ...
  1 week ago

• In Canada, a revolt against global warming socialism creates an economic boom

  
  Wintery Knight — Authority: 552
  Before we look at Canada, let’s first look at how Barack Obama has decided to appease his green socialism supporters by  rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline . Excerpt: The Obama administration rejected the long-delayed TransCanada oil sands crude project, a decision welcomed by environmental groups ...
  1 week ago

• EnXco Acquires Cielo’s 161-MW Texas Panhandle Wind Ranch; Accelerated Construction by Year-End to Qualify for Expiring Production Tax Credit

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 639
  Photo courtesy Wanzek Construction Austin’s Cielo Wind Power yesterday announced the sale of its 100% interest in the Spinning Spur Wind Ranch project to enXco, the San Diego-based renewable energy project development arm of France’s EDF Energies Nouvelles, according to an enXco press release . Located on a ...
  1 week ago

• Green jobs: American Cycle & Fitness and the Detroit RiverWalk

  
  m-bike.org — Authority: 102
  If you’re interested in working at a bike shop, American Cycle and Fitness is looking to hire. Their job application is on their web site . The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy also has a few jobs posted . Communications Director Development Director Volunteer Manager Related Posts Detroit Green ...
  1 week ago

• Environmental Groups, Unions Support President Obama’s Decision on Keystone XL Pipeline

  
  Talking Union — Authority: 416
  The following news release was issued on January 18 by Communications Workers of America, SEIU,  Transport Workers Union, United Auto Workers, United Steel Workers, Sierra Club, and the  NRDC. Washington, D.C. — The Keystone XL Pipeline is a complex project which deserved the careful consideration regarding its ...
  1 week ago

• Training Illinois Carpenters For The Clean Energy Economy

  
  EarthTechling — Authority: 615
  Editor’s Note: EarthTechling, always looking to bring you interesting cleantech reading, is proud to repost this article via partner Natural Resources Defense Council . Author credit goes to Nick Magrisso. The carpenter-training center in Elk Grove Village is making Illinois a better place in three ways.  ...
  2 weeks ago

• Future Engineers Using Solar And Renewable Energy

  
  QuestPoint Solar Solutions — Authority: 105
  Hundreds of future engineering students from all across New Jersey flocked to Rutgers’ University this past Saturday to gain insight and encouragement from New Jersey American Water engineers as they competed in the 5th Annual New Jersey Engineers Future Cities Competition . The competition, held at ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wave, Tidal, Hydro Can Provide 1/3 of US Electricity by 2030

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 639
  Graphic courtesy US DOE Two reports released today by the US Dept. of Energy (DOE) show that the nation’s conventional hydropower, wave, tidal and other water power resources hold the potential to provide 15% of all the electricity the US needs by 2030. The DOE’s new wave and tidal resource assessment reports ...
  2 weeks ago

• Millions of Green Jobs? Beyond the Fantasy

  
  EarthTechling — Authority: 615
  Editor’s Note: EarthTechling, always looking to bring you interesting cleantech reading, is proud to repost this article courtesy of partner Colorado Energy News . Author credit goes to Graham Russell. In Part 1 we examined some of the Triple F rated dogma (fallacious, fanciful and fabricated) surrounding the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Clean Energy Challenge: And Then There Were 10

  
  EarthTechling — Authority: 615
  Despite it being January, the Midwest is heating up – at least in cleantech circles. The  Clean Energy Trust (CET) has selected the 10 finalists who will duke it out for a total of $250,000 in prizes in the 2012 Clean Energy Challenge. Independent evaluators picked through  more than 100 applications before ...
  2 weeks ago

• Clean Energy Could Create Over 28,000 Jobs & Save Kentuckians Money, New Study Finds

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 639
    A new study from Synapse Energy Economics finds that the Clean Energy Opportunity Act (HB 167) introduced by Kentucky Representative Mary Lou Marzian could create over 28,000 jobs (net) in the state over 10 years. Not only that, it’s also projected to keep electric bills lower. Furthermore, it would ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obama’s Energy Initiatives Create Over 11 Times the Jobs Keystone XL Projected to Create

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 639
    Obama’s energy initiatives create 68,000 compared to the Keystone XL’s ~6,000 (or fewer) . “Two of the Obama administration’s clean energy initiatives are poised to create more than 68,000 jobs, and even more temporary jobs, over the next few years,” Think Progress Green writes . Both initiatives ...
  2 weeks ago

• CIGS Thin Film Solar PV Starts 2012 Off on the Good Foot with Solar Frontier-EDF Supply Contract

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 639
  Photo courtesy Solar Frontier Solar Frontier, a subsidiary of Japan’s Showa Shell Sekiyu KK, and France’s EDF Energies Nouvelles yesterday announced the largest deal to date in in the nascent market for thin-film CIGS (Copper-Indium-Gallium-Selenium) solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. Solar Frontier is to supply ...
  2 weeks ago

• Offshore Wind Needs a Little Love from Congress

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 639
    Following up on the offshore wind power stories I shared yesterday, here’s a great post from Richard Caperton, Michael Conathan, and Jackie Weidman of the Center for American Progress on U.S. offshore wind today and how it could actually be a something tomorrow : Congress Needs to Push Targeted ...
  2 weeks ago

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