The clean economy was responsible for over 2.6 million jobs in 2010. That statistic comes from “Sizing the Clean Economy,” a report based on the Brookings-Battelle Clean Economy Database at the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, a think tank in Washington, DC. The database aims to explore the “size, growth, and geography of the ‘clean’ or green economy through the production of detailed data on U.S. establishments and workers engaged in producing goods and services that benefit the environment, especially in the nation’s large metropolitan areas.” If you live in the U.S., what are the employment effects of the green economy in your area of the country? Check our their interactive map to see what the effects of the green economy are in your neighborhood.
The interactive map may be accessed here: http://www.brookings.edu/metro/Clean_Economy/Map.aspx.
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