You may be asking, what’s E2? E2 stands for Environmental Entrepreneurs. A Natural Resources Defense Council partner, the group is dedicated to proving that environmentally friendly business practices and economic growth don’t have to be mutually exclusive goals. Besides advocacy, E2 has been surveying the green jobs landscape. And according to E2’s clean energy report […]
Stat of the day: 2.7M ‘clean economy’ jobs
Some interesting news from the green jobs front today. According to a new study, 2.7 million Americans are gainfully employed in “clean economy” jobs, surprisingly beating out some long-established sectors. From WSJ: The study, by researchers at the Brookings Institution and Battelle, concluded that the U.S. clean economy employs more workers than the fossil-fuel and […]
Infographic of the day: Smart, Green Jobs
Today’s infographic comes from the Smart Jobs special report at Wired (click here to view the full version). And should provide America’s battered workforce some valuable insights. At 56.8 percent, the renewables and environment category saw the biggest percentage gains among seven million U.S. job hoppers on LinkedIn during the past five years. (On a […]
Follow Friday Tweetfest of Awesomeness: Green Jobs Edition
Gloomy employment picture? Not if you’re an cleantech and energy efficiency expert! It’s been a while since I cooked up one of my spectacularly popular Twitter follow lists (cue crickets, tumbleweeds), so I thought that this would be a good time to spotlight some great Twitter accounts for launching your new green career (in IT […]
Windy in Louisiana: Blade Dynamics to open plant, American Superconductor and Dow take stake
American Superconductor (AMSC) today announced that it had paid $8 million for a 25 percent stake in U.K.-based Blade Dynamics. Dow Chemical’s VC arm also made a minority equity investment in the wind turbine company, which is expanding into the Southern U.S. Blade Dynamics’ claim to fame is efficient rotor technology that reduces weight and […]
Cleantech: USA vs. China?
In recent weeks, particularly after the President’s State of the Union Address, there’s been a lot of ink spilled on the topic of China’s ascendancy in the cleantech space. Essentially, most arguments boil down to the danger of forfeiting…
Listen: GreenerComputing Tackles Green Jobs
Wondering how to land one of those green jobs that are sprouting up all over? GreenerComputing has posted a great podcast with GreenJobs.com founder Peter Beadle. It’s a pretty insightful conversation and definitely worth a listen if you’re in school…
