AlterNet: Barack Obama has been busy talking about one of his primary pre-election goals, energy independence, in mid-recession terms, with the creation of millions of proposed "green jobs." The phrase suggests two elements long considered at odds with each other — the economy and the environment — may in fact have a common and even co-dependent set of solutions. Exactly what a "green job" is, though, most people aren’t quite sure yet. Does it refer to Ph.D.s in white lab coats or blue-collar …
What Is a Green Job, Anyway?
AlterNet: Barack Obama has been busy talking about one of his primary pre-election goals, energy independence, in mid-recession terms, with the creation of millions of proposed "green jobs." The phrase suggests two elements long considered at odds with each other — the economy and the environment — may in fact have a common and even co-dependent set of solutions. Exactly what a "green job" is, though, most people aren’t quite sure yet. Does it refer to Ph.D.s in white lab coats or blue-collar …
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