The report also helps define "green jobs" noting that the vast majority of skills and occupations necessary to reduce global warming and make the shift to a clean energy economy already exist in the U.S.
The report was authored by Robert Pollin and Jeanette Wicks-Lim of the Department of Economics and Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
It is being released in cooperation with the Green Jobs for America Campaign, a national campaign of the Sierra Club, Blue Green Alliance, USW, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
WHAT: News Conference to release Job Opportunities for the Green Economy report
WHEN: Tuesday, June 3, 10 a.m. EST
WHERE: Lobby of I.W. Abel Building, USW International Headquarters; Boulevard of the Allies at Stanwix St.
WHO:
- USW International Secretary Treasurer Jim English
- Sierra Club Regional Representative Rachel Martin
- Steamfitters Local 449 Representative Ron Penatzer
- NRDC Representative William Hassall