Environment: green jobs to rise to a million by 2017

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Here is another intersting article I came across today. This time about the green or sustainability job market here in the UK.

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Among the many jobs proposed in Gordon Brown's statement today, 400,000 will have a green tinge by 2017. That will take the total British employment in the sector to more than a million.

The prime minister also highlighted some key proposals that will form the basis of the upcoming white paper on energy: four commercial-scale carbon capture and storage demonstration plants for Britain and a commitment to build 1,000 onshore and offshore wind turbines in 2009-10.

"The bill complements the £1.4bn of public investment provided in the budget, and up to £4bn now on offer from the European investment bank," said Brown.

Read the complete article here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/29/green-jobs-brown

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