All Entries in the "Go Green Jobs" Category
Finding The Green Job Of Your Dreams
The times they are a changin’. The U.S. economy isn’t what it used to be, and old jobs are becoming old hat. But new technologies and shifting priorities are creating opportunities for job-seekers, especially if you want to make a living while leaving a lighter footprint on the planet. Our own HotJobs points out several [...]
Wind Officially Employs More Than Coal Industry
In some promising “green jobs” news, the wind industry in the U.S. has now officially surpassed the coal mining industry in the number of people it employs. Wind industry jobs increased to 85,000 in 2008 while the coal industry remained the same at about 81,000 jobs. The country made huge gains in wind energy in [...]
Solar Industry Struggling To Find Workers
Jobs in solar businesses are expected to grow by an average of nearly 50 percent over the next 12 months, says a new survey of the industry in the San Francisco Bay Area and California. The industry is struggling to fill new solar jobs, according to the joint study by two community colleges in the [...]
5 Hot Green Jobs Available Today
It seems that most Americans have been affected by the economic downturn, in one way or another. It can be difficult to find any good things that have come out of such a crazy climate. However, green careers have emerged as a shining light in a generally bad economy. While other corporations are struggling, green [...]
Summit Predicts 2 Million Green Jobs In U.S.
Hoping to create a global carbon market, the organizers of a world business summit on climate change said Monday that 2 million new jobs would be created in the U.S. alone if it increased its reliance on cleaner sources of energy,go green. The Copenhagen Climate Council study said the United States would gain that many [...]
Green Jobs Growing At Twice National Average
The fledgling renewable energy industry has grown steadily over much of the past decade, adding green jobs at more than twice the national rate, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts study released Wednesday. Solar and wind-power companies, energy-efficient light bulb makers, environmental engineering firms and others expanded their work force by 9.1 percent from 1998 [...]
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