A recent report from the RAND Corporation and the University of Tennessee found that if 25% of all American energy were produced from green renewable sources by 2025, the U.S. would generate at least 5 million new green jobs. But there are just a few questions: what is green job? What makes it different from blue- or white-collar? And where will those jobs come from?
According to Phil Angelides, a venture capitalist and the 2006 Democratic candidate for governor of California and chair of the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of business, labor and environmental groups championing green employment. Here’s how he defines a green job: “It has to pay decent wages and benefits that can support a family. It has to be part of a real career path, with upward mobility. And it needs to reduce waste and pollution and benefit the environment.” .
