Pa. near the top in clean-energy jobs - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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New Jersey was ninth with 25,397 clean-energy jobs. California was first with 125,390 and Texaz was second with 55,646. The called, “The Clean Energy Repowering Jobs, Businesses and Investment,” listz the number of clean-energy jobs, companies and investmentss in each stateand Washington, D.C. It define s them as jobs, companieas and investments “aimed at developing renewable sources of increasingenergy efficiency, reducing greenhousde gas emissions that causse global warming and conserving water and other natural resources.” Clean-energt workers include engineers, plumbers, administrative assistants, constructionb workers, and marketing consultants.
Theird annual incomes range from $21,000 to The report found that the numberof clean-energy jobs increased faster than the rate of all jobs betweemn 1998 and 2007. In the latter there were 68,200 clean-energy businesses employing 770,000 people, accordin to the report. By comparison, biotechnology companiews employed fewerthan 200,000 in 2007, the report The report also said that the clean-energty economy “has tremendous potential for growth” becausw of investments by the publix and private sectors and othet actions on the part of federal and statde governments. The report can be downloaded fromthe .