A new report claims that, just by investing in oil independence, America could create two million new jobs.
Sponsored by the Washington, DC, Center for American Progress and authored at the University of Massachusetts, the report proposes that
all levels of government invest $100 billion nationwide to develop a green infrastructure that includes expanding alternative energy sources and
mass transit and retrofitting buildings to improve energy efficiency.
Titled “Green Recovery -- A Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy,” the report says the two million jobs would be created over only two years.
Later this fall, the same group will publish a fuller study that addresses the longer-term challenges and opportunities created by building a
clean-energy economy.
Numerous business owners and the AFL-CIO support the findings.
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