Renewable Energy is Generating Job Opportunities Across the Country, New Web Feature Shows

Union of Concerned Scientists
December 2, 2008

"Faces of Renewable Energy" showcases people behind the nation's growing clean energy sector
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today debuted a new Web feature, "Faces of Renewable Energy," which profiles Americans across the country who are part of the nation's burgeoning renewable energy industry. While economists, pundits and even President-elect Barack Obama have been touting green jobs as a way to pull the country out of its current economic crisis, UCS's Web feature shows that many Americans already are working in a wide range of high-wage green-collar jobs and that the sector holds great promise for generating jobs and cutting the pollution that causes global warming. (For "Faces of Renewable Energy," go to: http://www.ucsusa.org/faces.)

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