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New Hampshire
Civic leaders in New Hampshire are beginning to focus on the opportunities from the emerging "green economy". In a recent forum, a professor from the University of New Hampshire outlined the possibilities for the state:
Ross Gittell, a University of New Hampshire economics professor at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, said the state could see as many as 25,000 new renewable energy jobs in 10 years if President-elect Barack Obama's plan to invest $150 billion in green energy is approved by Congress.
He said the total green jobs in New Hampshire by 2018 could be well over 40,000, or about the same number as finance and insurance industries today. Currently, Gittell said New Hampshire has 16,800 green industry jobs, or 3.2 percent of the state's 600,000-person workforce.
Los Angeles
Last week, the Los Angeles Business Council conducted a Sustainability Summit to explore the same opportunities. You can download a copy of the agenda here. The Council issued a set of five principles begin defining a strategy for capitalizing on the move toward a green economy. You can read about these principles here.
You can download a copy of the California report: Energy Efficiency, Innovation and Job Creation in California from this page.
Earlier this year, the University of Massachusetts produced a report that provided state estimates of job gains from moving toward a "green", low carbon economy. You can review this document below:
Green Recovery U Mass Report on Green Jobs
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