Iowa Global Warming Campaign News

Report Shows Clean Technology Creates Jobs

Monday, September 14th, 2009 at 9:54 pm

Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council released a report Monday stating that countries that switch to clean energy technology will create more jobs than countries that stick with dirty technologies, like coal. They state that 2.7 million more jobs could be created within the power sector in the next twenty years.

The report “Working for the Climate” was released because of the Group of 20 meeting in Pittsburgh next week. The groups hope to show the countries involved that clean technology can benefit their economies.

According to the report, 11.3 million people could be working in the power sector by 2030 if changes are made to technology, compared to the 8.6 million that will be without those changes.

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