California adding green jobs, leads nation in energy efficiency

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California added green jobs in recent years at a much more rapid pace than non-green jobs, a report released Monday said.

From 2005 to 2007, the number of green jobs in California grew 10 percent, to about 105,000, according to the 2009 California Green Innovation Index. During the same period, statewide job growth was about 1 percent in a work force of about 18 million.

A surprising number of the green jobs — 20 percent — were in manufacturing, the report noted, with the growth spread fairly evenly across diverse segments of clean technology, including advanced materials, transportation, air and environment, and green building.
Green jobs are defined as ones that provide products and services

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leveraging renewable energy resources, reducing pollution, conserving energy and natural resources, and repurposing waste. In 2007, about 9,000 California businesses had employees working in green jobs.

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