Green Jobs 2010?

[slucas]

Anyone know what Green job sectors are hot in 2010?

[gthurnball]

Here is an interesting video:

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[slucas]

That's an awesome video. Thanks.

[koddio]

Here is a short video about Green jobs:

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[kymsolaris]

Here is an exciting article on the prospect for Green Jobs in Kansas:

Kan. could have 30,000 green jobs by 2012


TOPEKA, Kan.

Kansas has the potential to create up to 10,000 "green" jobs in the next two years, adding to the 20,000 people already working in that sector, according to a new state survey.

The Kansas Department of Labor released results Tuesday of a voluntary survey designed to gauge potential employment growth in sectors including renewable energy development, energy efficiency, agriculture and natural resource conservation, pollution prevention and remediation, and alternative transportation and fuels.

The report said the largest increases were expected in renewable energy, up 121 percent; energy efficiency, up 57 percent; and clean transportation and fuels, up 37 percent.

"This gives us our first good look at the areas of the green economy where we have jobs today and where we're likely to grow jobs in the future," said Kansas Department of Labor Secretary Jim Garner.

Bill Thornton, secretary of the Kansas Department of Commerce, said the survey supports efforts to provide programs that educate and train workers in biofuels production, installation of efficient furnaces, manufacturing of products for wind farms and dozens of other occupations.

"The survey shows clearly that the future demand for green skills and knowledge is significantly greater than the current demand," Thornton said. "That is good information to have as we consider future training efforts."

The report was based on a survey sent to more than 6,000 Kansas employers in late 2009, with about 55 percent responding.

[gthurnball]

Here is an article about Green Auto jobs:

Ford + hybrid batteries & transaxles = 220 green jobs in Michigan!
by Matt Jansen 13 hours 40 min ago in Green Business Green Cars
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What’s the solution for a state with brimming unemployment rates and a timidly recovering economy? Jobs. But for new jobs to appear companies must grow in a way that sustains the need for new resources. Ford is delivering on that need – to the tune of 220 green jobs for offices and plants in Michigan that will be designing, engineering and producing components for hybrid vehicles.

Ford is seeing some success with its plunge into fuel efficient vehicles like the forward-looking Fusion Hybrid and is hoping to build on that with its remixed 2011 Fiesta. To stay on top, Ford is establishing a “Center of Excellence” in Michigan which will focus on putting the company in an industry-leading position when it comes to the electrification of vehicles.

Some of the new jobs are coming to the United States from Mexico and Japan.

Ford’s Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti, Mich., will assemble the battery packs beginning in 2012, moving work to Michigan that is currently performed in Mexico by a supplier. Ford’s Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., will build the electric drive transaxles beginning in 2012 from a supplier facility in Japan. According to Ford’s press release.

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[sueerassmus]

Here is an article about Green Jobs at new Nissan Battery Plant in Tennessee:

Nissan Breaks Ground on Tennessee Battery Plant

The 1.3 million-square-foot battery plant is part of a $1.7 billion investment in electric car battery and LEAF assembly capacity in Smyrna, funded mainly by a $1.4 billion U.S. government loan. The $1.4 billion federal loan to Nissan is part of a $25 billion Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program authorized by Congress as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

The Smyrna plant will bring 1,300 new jobs plus some 250 construction jobs to Smyrna, Japan’s third-largest carmaker said today.

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[tysookal]

Here is an article about Green construction jobs:

Green construction jobs rise as sustainable building increases

The factors that differentiate “green” construction derive from a new set of expectations relating to structures and their function. Green buildings aim to maximize efficiency in their use of water, energy and other resources, to minimize waste, pollution, or other contributions to environmental degradation, and to create environments that contribute to health and productivity.

The Green Jobs Guidebook (Environmental Defense Fund 2008), thought by many to be the definitive green jobs report to date, lists 41 job classifications directly related to green building. Among them: Green Building Project Design and Development; Green Building Design and Engineering; Green Building Operations; Energy Efficiency Services and Installation. Other green jobs that relate to construction include: Solar Power Installation; Maintenance, Development and Manufacturing; Wind Power Installation; Geothermal Operation and Development; Plant Environmental; Health and Safety Facility Positions; Environmental Consulting; Municipal Waste Treatment and Recycling.

In addition to new methods and materials, the culture of the green construction site can be different. According to Bill Stough, “maximizing energy efficiency and material efficiency so there is less waste being generated on a construction site – the waste that is generated on the construction site is reused to the maximum extent possible.” For example, deconstructing a building in preparation for new construction is another aspect of high performance building standards that requires special training. Recycling of building materials and debris left over from clearing the site earns points for green building certification through programs such as the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system. In addition, secondary jobs are created in the marketing of the refuse – jobs for processing the material and making it ready for use in other, less valuable products, called “downcycling.

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[sueerassmus]

Here is an article about the federal government beginning to measure green jobs:

Measuring state’s ‘green-collar’ jobs
Alyson Crisman
Fri, Jun 4, 2010 (3 a.m.)

In 2010, the federal government will begin measuring “green-collar” jobs. Signed into law in late December by President Barack Obama, the 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act includes funding to be used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to work with other federal agencies, including the Labor Department and Environmental Protection Agency, to identify green economic activity and produce data on the associated jobs.

It will take $8 million and at least a year to research and compile the series on green-collar jobs; the first data produced by the initiative are expected to be available in 2012. Data will include employment and wages by industry and occupation for businesses producing green goods and services, with the goal being the development of information on the number of and trend over time in green jobs; the industrial, occupational and geographic distribution of the jobs; and the wages paid to such green-collar workers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, policymakers will then use this information when planning policy initiatives and understanding their effect on the labor market.

Despite the popularity of the terms “green” and “green jobs” in discussions about protecting the environment and job creation — and how to get the two to work in tandem — there is no standard definition of jobs that qualify as green-collar. In response to that challenge, the Bureau of Labor Statistics intends to make this determination through an approach that involves identifying activity that either preserves or restores the environment by examining both a business’s output and process, and counting the associated jobs. Green-collar jobs are expected to be identified across a range of industries and occupations, and include jobs that have been around for some time, as well as new jobs. For example, according to a list of green goods and services industries published for public comment by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in early 2010, trades associated with manufacturing or repairing railroad cars, ferries or subways for mass transit are green-collar, as are all solid waste collection jobs. Employment associated with science museums, botanical gardens and nature preserves, as well as any occupation involved in the farming, transporting, selling or serving of U.S. Agriculture Department certified organic food is considered green. In fact, the production or selling of anything organic or recycled is embraced, including organic cigarettes and beer.

In Southern Nevada, the measurement of green-collar jobs has a unique relevance. As a byproduct of existing in a desert as well as with one of, if not the most precarious water supplies in the United States, we have built an economy based on energy conservation (to avoid colossal air-conditioning bills) and water preservation (to avoid running out — and also enormous water bills). Locally, green-collar jobs in abundance include those associated with energy-efficient landscaping, such as desertscape or artificial turf; jobs associated with building with, transporting or selling Energy Star certified or LEED building materials, which is typical in most projects here given the extreme summer temperatures; any job associated with renewable energy, including solar panels or solar cells used to heat pools or generate electricity for homes or buildings; weatherization trades; and occupations associated with any water supply or irrigation system where water is treated. All environmental-related consulting is also considered green-collar.

Recently, plans have been announced for a new solar manufacturing plant by California-based Amonix, as well as a wind turbine manufacturing plant by U.S. Renewable Energy Group, China-based A-Power Energy Generation Systems and American Nevada Company of Henderson, with both plants locating in the Las Vegas Valley. (American Nevada and In Business Las Vegas are both part of The Greenspun Corporation). These facilities will contribute to a growing number of green jobs locally, particularly if the state turns into the renewable energy mecca that many envision.

Given our existing focus on energy conservation, Southern Nevada’s abundance of unlimited solar energy, as well as recently extended tax incentives for renewable energy-related facilities and projects, a predominantly green-collar economy is a real possibility.

If the federal government uses green-collar job data as it promises in making policy that help maintain and encourage such environmentally friendly occupations and industries, this can only mean good things for Nevada.

Alyson Crisman is a certified public accountant and project manager with Applied Analysis

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[sueerassmus]

Here is an article about a green jobs training center opening in Baltimore:

Baltimore 'green' careers training center opens
By Lorraine Mirabella, The Baltimore Sun

Less than four years ago, Bill Harmon lived hand to mouth on the streets of Baltimore, struggled with a drug addiction that depleted his savings and had no prospects for a job with a future.

These days, a drug-free Harmon has a job he believes is the future, thanks to a green careers training program run by Civic Works, Baltimore's urban service corps. Harmon, 56, works as a field technician in the burgeoning environmental industry, where he tests for contaminated soil on construction sites and helps contain hazardous material during demolitions.

"I'm a completely different person now," he said. "It's a great feeling to have hope."

On Tuesday, he helped unveil a job training center in a Northeast Baltimore warehouse that will house an expanded B'More Green, the initiative that helped turn Harmon's life around. The goal of the center is twofold: to help people stung by the recession and, in many instances, a past involving drugs or crime; and to meet a growing demand for workers with "green-collar" skills.In Baltimore and other cities, government officials are looking to green jobs as a way to put the unemployed and underemployed to work in one of the worst job markets in decades. The nation has a shortage of workers who can refurbish homes to make them more energy-efficient, according to a report on the federal "Recovery through Retrofit" program.

"Despite the recession and downturn in the larger construction industry, the home energy market is growing," said John Mello, Green Projects director for Civic Works. "There is a need now, and there is going to be an increasing need."

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