What is a green collar job anyway?
You have heard the term green collar job discussed thousands of times lately by politicians, business leaders, union spokespeople and environmentalists. No other discussion (except the financial crisis) seems to have received as much media coverage — but what is all the fuss about? In the United States, President Obama has promised to spend $150 billion over the next 10 years top create 5 million new green jobs, and he is not the only one to see the move to a low carbon economy as the answer. In Europe political leaders have been promoting the creation of renewable energy jobs as a necessary step in the drive to reduce carbon emissions, and as one of the key levers in fighting the current worldwide economic crisis. In the UK, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised that this month’s Budget will be a “job creator, a quality of life improver, and an environment-enhancing measure” outlining a “green” path to economic revival. Brown has previously stated 400,000 new green jobs could be cr
PRLog (Press Release) – Apr 20, 2009 – If you haven’t heard the term green collar job uttered plenty of times of late from politicians, industry leaders, union leaders and environmentalists then you must have been living under a rock for the past six months. No other term apart from global credit crunch seems to have had as much media coverage but what is all the fuss about? In the US, President Obama has promised to spend $150 billion over 10 years creating 5 million new green energy jobs and he is not the only one to see the push to a low carbon economy as the answer. Here in the UK and across Europe political leaders have been promoting the creation of green jobs as a very necessary step in the drive to reduce carbon emissions, and as one of the key levers in combating the current worldwide financial crisis.
