Environmental Watch

The assertion that green jobs will lead us into a new era of economics is a common refrain in Washington. Success has already been proclaimed, bolstering efforts to adopt additional policies to support the creation of green jobs. One such claim is that the Washington has created more than 47,000 new green jobs since 2007. Unfortunately claims regarding new green jobs are misleading. This month's Environmental Watch shows that an examination of such claims reveals a sleight of hand, re-labeling regular everyday jobs in order to achieve naive goals and policies. The falsified record on green jobs will result in untold costs to the existing economy and the promotion of unproven policies.

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