US Clean Jobs Market Surges Past 2.6 Million

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US Clean Jobs Market Surges Past 2.6 Million
US Clean Jobs Market Surges Past 2.6 Million

The US clean job sector has skyrocketed in recent months according to Ecotech Institute’s Clean Jobs Index, pushing past two million job postings in the first half of 2014 alone, which amounts to an 88% increase over the same period a year earlier.

The report highlights clean jobs as defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which says that a clean job is part of a business that benefits the environment or conserves natural resources. A total of 2,637,133 jobs were posted through the first half of 2014, an 87.5% increase over the same time a year earlier, including 1.2 million jobs since the beginning of the year.

Split up across the industry, it’s good news no matter what sector you’re looking for;

Power Utility Technology: 132 percent increase in jobs from 2013
Solar Energy Technology: 116 percent increase in jobs from 2013
Electrical Engineering Technology: 74 percent increase in jobs from 2013
Wind Energy Technology: 65 percent increase in jobs from 2013
Facility Management: 64 percent increase in jobs from 2013
Renewable Energy Technology: 63 percent increase in jobs from 2013
Energy Efficiency: 53 percent increase in jobs from 2013

The Clean Jobs Index tracks US states’ use and development of clean and sustainable energy, and was created “to provide objective job information about the renewable energy industry” in the US.

“This Clean Jobs Index really demonstrates the rapid growth of the sustainable energy industry,” said Chris Gorrie, academic dean at Ecotech Institute. “Almost double the clean jobs were posted in the first half of 2014 compared to the first half of 2013.

 

[boedicca]

You should check your sources and learn to think a bit more critically.

From the FAQ:

What is a clean job?

According to the U.S. Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), green jobs are either: (1) Jobs in businesses that produce goods or provide services that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources, or (2) jobs in which workers' duties involve making their establishment's production processes more environmentally friendly or use fewer natural resources (Green Jobs).

Instead of "green," we are calling these jobs "clean."

And then read the bureacratspeak at the BLS:

Green Jobs

Of note:

BLS is using two approaches to measuring green jobs: (1) the output approach, which identifies establishments that produce green goods and services and counts the associated jobs, and (2) the process approach, which identifies establishments that use environmentally friendly production processes and practices and counts the associated jobs.


So, if I tell our cleaning staff to use Simple Green, their jobs can be counted as US Clean jobs.

 

[TruthSeeker56]

I used "all-natural" toilet paper this morning.

I guess I qualify as a "clean job" worker.

Just doing my part for the environment.