A Convenient Truth: Gearing Up For Climate Change Could Supercharge Job Market (HuffPo)

[OneGrassRoot]

"This is Idea No. 5 in Huffington Post's ongoing America Needs Jobs series; see the introduction.)

Could one major crisis be solved.... by solving another?

If we're talking about the nation's desperately poor job market on the one hand, and the dire threat of climate change on the other, then the answer is: Quite possibly, yes.

The solution to both would be an enormous investment in green technology and green jobs -- creating a robust "clean energy economy" while reducing carbon emissions; putting millions of Americans back to work while increasing our energy independence; rebuilding our manufacturing base while saving consumers money on their energy bills; and saving the planet..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/28/a-convenient-truth-gearin_n_741430.html?utm_source=Ode+Newsletters&utm_campaign=d7bed6869f-daily-rss&utm_medium=email

[Shireling]

1. I keep hoping.

I am tired of watching our oceans turn black and our 300 million year old mountaintops get blasted away.