
Here are the top 10 most ridiculous jobs the U.S. government considers “green,” as confirmed by government officials:
10. Floor sweeper at a solar panel factory
The official definition allows for any position that will “reduce or eliminate the creation of waste materials” to be considered a green job.
9. College professor teaching environmental studies
Any employee who is able to “provide education and training related to green technologies and practices” has a green job, according to the Department of Labor’s definition.
8. Salvation Army Employee
BLS says products and services that “collect, reuse, remanufacture, recycle, or compost waste materials or wastewater” are considered green jobs. As Issa points out, any type of business that sells used goods is a green job, according to BLS.
7. An antique Dealer
Same rule applies here as in number six.
6. A clerk at a bicycle repair shop
Bicycle repair shops also reuse and recycle materials and is determined to be a green job.
5. Any school bus driver
Just as all forms of mass public transportation, school buses reduce carbon emissions by reducing the number of cars on the road and therefore reducing “greenhouse gas emissions through methods other than renewable energy generation and energy efficiency.”
4. Any employee who puts gas in a school bus
This one is humorous but confirmed by Department of Labor officials to be a green job.
3. A full-time teenage employee at a used record shop
The recycled goods clause applies here, therefore it is dubbed a green job.
2. Train car manufacturers
Once again, employees whose job functions “reduce or eliminate the creation of waste materials; collect, reuse, remanufacture, recycle, or compost waste materials or wastewater” have themselves a green job.
1. And the number one most ridiculous job that the Labor Department considers “green” is… Oil lobbyist.
Galvin confirmed that an oil lobbyist is in fact a green job. It‘s not entirely clear where in BLS’s definition the position falls under, however, the job could possibly be considered to “increase public awareness of environmental issues.”
Honestly, at this point, the only question left is what doesn’t count as a “green” job?
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