Green Collar Jobs Seen As Prosperous

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Green Collar Jobs Seen As Prosperous

Postby kalantai » Feb 8, 2008 11:34 am

Green Collar Jobs Seen As Prosperous
When 1,800 workers lost their jobs after a Maytag appliance factory and headquarters closed last year in the small town of Newton, Iowa, a wind turbine blade company saw opportunity -- an available, skilled workforce in the middle of one of America's hardiest wind energy production regions.TPI Composites Inc. is building a new plant there as the energy industry aims for a cleaner, more sustainable future. With proper incentives, thousands of "green-collar jobs" could be created, from ethanol production to wind turbines and solar panels, and all the maintenance and construction to support them, industry officials said
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Re: Green Collar Jobs Seen As Prosperous

Postby egoisticdude » Oct 16, 2009 8:10 am

I sort of agree with this. I think that working like this is honorable but some people have not accepted it completely just yet.
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