Worldwatch Institute: Countries Turn to Green Jobs for Economic Growth

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With the U.S. Congress expected to pass its financial stimulus package this week, the world's largest economy will join a growing list of governments that are banking on green jobs as a way out of crippling economic recession.

If Congress agrees upon an array of proposed infrastructure projects and tax cuts, the United States would join China, Japan, South Korea, and several European Union member countries in what will likely be the largest series of clean energy and energy efficiency investments in history.

"Green economic stimulus packages are springing up around the world," said Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme, at a green jobs conference in Washington, D.C., last week. "We have no other option but to go this direction because any other direction will lead us into further decline."

More: http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6006