‘Blue Sky’ Mining for Green Job Development
By Ken Kastman
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Washington’s Stimulus Package promised to create or save over 3.5 million jobs, with a good
share of the stimulus package focused on energy and environmental enhancements.
Many jobs will be created, so it begs the questions: How will these jobs be
counted and how many will be truly green?
Answering these questions begins with the acknowledgement that green jobs have
been defined, in their most basis sense, as “good jobs that already exist, or are created, in fields that focus on mitigating
or managing climate change impacts.” There are several subsets of green jobs that seem to be rising to the top of
the definition pile: green collar jobs and green technology jobs—two subsets that are not mutually exclusive. One aspect of these subsets is the
question of whether green jobs represent a green labor function (primarily
based on the quality of the job), or a green industry function (all jobs
related to a particular industry, irrespective of the worker’s role).
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  $270 Million The amount, this year alone, that families living in Energy Star homes will save on their utility bills, while avoiding greenhouse gas emission equivalent to those from about 370,000 vehicles.
Source U.S. EPA
 $800-feet The stretch of undeveloped shoreline that work began on to improve and restore habitat along the Ashtabula River. This is the final phase of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Legacy Act (GLLA) Ashtabula River cleanup project.
Source U.S. EPA
 70 percent Amount of increased performance the upgraded Jaguar XT5 to 37,376 six-core AMD Istanbul processor has over its quad-core predecessor. Researchers anticipate this growth in computing capacity may facilitate improved climate predictions, and fuel-efficient engines.
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 7,248 The number of sites that were assessed by EPA and its partners, between the enactment of the Brownfield law in 2002 and 2005, according to the latest data available.
Source U.S. EPA
 $37.2 million Amount in brownfield loans awarded by EPA, and its partners, between 2002 and 2005, according to the latest data available.
Source U.S. EPA
 5 hours The equivalent amount of energy use of a laptop, a 60-watt incandescent light bulb for 4 hours, or a 60-watt compact fluorescent light bulb for 20 hours, to the lifecycle energy savings of recycling, rather than landfilling, 1 aluminum can.
Source U.S. EPA
 22 percent Amount of improvement in freight rail fuel efficiency between 1990 and 2006.
Source U.S. Department of Transportation
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