It should have already been well established and working alongside of the industrial sector, as partners as well, over the past some forty years when many were pushing for, producing and installing cleaner energy innovations. instead it was blocked by the same sources and mindsets that today are funding the meme's against the obvious, climate change, as they can no longer use meme's like 'cheap energy' or even 'abundant supplies' of, as well as others. Blocking competition thus innovations and advancements forward! As to the 'fading industrial sector' that shouldn't even be, we've lost skills that trades people developed and perfected already, most interchangeable in both, too many, and it drains a nations ability as to any type of national security needs.
Shannon Pinc, a sustainability coordinator for the St. Paul School District, has the job of trying to figure out how to recycle every single thing the district uses, including furniture returned by schools that is no longer needed at their location, but could be used at another. Photographed July 22, 2011. (Pioneer Press: Chris Polydoroff)
08/20/2011 - How big is the much-talked-about green economy in Minnesota? And what are the jobs like?
With a $1.6 million grant, state labor officials have been working for the past two years to find emerging green job titles and measure the size of the green economy in Minnesota.
Though a final report is due in the fall, the preliminary data indicate that the sector accounts for a small number of jobs - between 50,000 and 60,000 "green" jobs in the state's economy of 2.6 million jobs.
Labor market officials are evaluating the number of new "green" job titles in the surveys of job openings it conducts twice a year. These are fast-growing occupations, many of which didn't exist a decade ago.
Green jobs are a small piece of the state's job postings, accounting for just 2.5 percent of the 33,800 job openings in the second quarter.
"Green jobs have been touted as one of the areas that's going to be a good job creator," said Oriane Casale, assistant director of the state's labor market information office. "Whether or not that's the case, what we wanted to do really was look at whether the skills and knowledge requirements for these jobs were new and whether there were gaps - whether employers were able to find people to hire for these jobs.
"What we are finding is they do require new skills and knowledge but in this economy with so many people unemployed and looking for work, or looking for better jobs, there doesn't appear to be any gap in terms of being able read more>>>
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