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$100 billion could yield two million 'green' jobs
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7780c792-0cc2-42c0-ac28-fc426f7ca182/DCE0E0D3-5327-4951-B58D-BC95B997F8ED/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14701-100-billion-could-yield-two-million-green-jobs.html?feedId=online-news_rss20" href="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14701-100-billion-could-yield-two-million-green-jobs.html?feedId=online-news_rss20" style="font-size: 11px;">environment.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14701-100-billion-could-yield-two-million-green-jobs.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><DIV id="artHeadline"><H1 class="inline">$100 billion could yield two million 'green' jobs</H1> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14701-100-billion-could-yield-two-million-green-jobs.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> 14:29 10 September 2008 </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14701-100-billion-could-yield-two-million-green-jobs.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> NewScientist.com news service </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14701-100-billion-could-yield-two-million-green-jobs.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><B>New Scientist staff and Reuters</B> </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14701-100-billion-could-yield-two-million-green-jobs.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>A $100 billion US government investment over two years could create 2 million "green" jobs in such industrial sectors as steel and construction, according to environmental and labour groups.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14701-100-billion-could-yield-two-million-green-jobs.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>"From the point of view of the steelworkers union, the view is quite simple, that an energy-efficient green economy creates jobs, and it can create jobs in America," says Leo Gerard, international president of <A target="ns" href=" http://www.usw.org/" linkindex="11">United Steelworkers</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14701-100-billion-could-yield-two-million-green-jobs.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>He said the US move towards wind power has already prompted the reopening of two struggling steel mills that are now making steel plate for use in new windmills.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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