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来源类型 | COLUMN |
规范类型 | 其他 |
Green Jobs by the Numbers | |
Kate Gordon; Matt Kasper; Susan Lyon | |
发表日期 | 2011-10-03 |
出版年 | 2011 |
语种 | 英语 |
概述 | Kate Gordon, Matt Kasper, and Susan Lyon highlight the impressive growth of key clean energy sectors and the clean economy over the last seven years. |
目录 | There’s one thing we know for certain about green jobs: They are real, well-paid, and growing. The jobs that make up the clean energy economy are on the rise when jobs in many other sectors are slipping away or moving overseas. With 14 million unemployed Americans, they are a sign of hope in an otherwise stagnant economy. In terms of sheer growth, the clean tech sector glows especially brightly. The July 2011 report “Sizing the Clean Economy” from the Brookings Institution and Battelle’s Technology Partnership Practice makes clear that emerging clean tech sectors saw explosive growth in recent years. In particular, the clean economy sector focused on clean energy—especially wind, solar, fuel cell, smart grid, biofuel, and battery companies—grew far more quickly than the economy as a whole. The Brookings report slices and dices the data in a number of ways. But most striking is the major jobs growth in clean energy between 2003 and 2010: Solar thermal and wind grew by 18.4 percent and 14.9 percent, respectively. This chart breaks down the top 10 of these specific clean technology industries in terms of their annual average percent change in jobs from 2003 to 2010: ![]() Segments with initially very few jobs saw particularly dramatic change over time, though the total jobs in the segment may still be much smaller than in others with a larger baseline. This chart breaks them down in terms of absolute change in jobs: ![]() Some other facts and figures you should know about green jobs and the clean energy economy:
In sum, the clean economy has continued to grow even while industries across America have had to lay off workers or close up shop. Instead of dancing on the grave of those few clean energy companies that do not make it, we need to support the smart growth policies and investments that can create more green jobs while strengthening our greater economy. Kate Gordon is Vice President for Energy Policy, Susan Lyon is Special Assistant for Energy Policy, and Matthew Kasper is an intern with the Energy team at American Progress. See also: |
主题 | Energy and Environment |
URL | https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2011/10/03/10523/green-jobs-by-the-numbers-2/ |
来源智库 | Center for American Progress (United States) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/438147 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kate Gordon,Matt Kasper,Susan Lyon. Green Jobs by the Numbers. 2011. |
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