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Good Jobs, Green Jobs: Part 3
One last word from the National Green Jobs Conference |
Kevin Doyle |
21 Mar 2008 |
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| I'll soon be tackling new eco-job and career issues, but I've got one last piece of business related to my time at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference last week. I've recounted what happened and who was there, and explained how we might define green jobs. Now, I'll address one final question from Grist readers: 'What's the main barrier to the growth of green jobs?' In a word: politics. In the dim past (1970-1999), it was generally agreed that government action was ne ... |
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| Topics: business, environmental justice, grassroots activism, green jobs, politics (all these topics) |
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