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The Hottest Places for Green Jobs in the U.S.
Forbes
Despite the gloom and doom pouring out of Wall Street, there is at least one genuine bright spot left in the U.S. economy — and it has a decidedly green hue.
The U.S. had tallied than 750,000 green jobs in 2006 and is set to add millions more in the next few decades, according to a new report by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Global Insight, a Boston-based economic research firm.
In fact, the green economy could soon become the nation's fastest-growing job segment, accounting for roughly 10 percent of new jobs over the next 20 years. The report forecasts that by 2038, renewable electricity production will create 1.23 million jobs; alternative transportation fuels, 1.5 million jobs; engineering, legal, research and consulting positions will be more than 1.4 million; and commercial and residential retrofits at 81,000 jobs, for a total of 4.2 million.
