# New Map: Green Jobs Ready to Take Off with Cap on Carbon Pollution

*Published:* 2009-03-03
*Author:* Tony Kreindler

![Screen shot of one of the green job maps](http://www.edf.org/content_images/indiana-th-090210.jpg)On Friday, we released [a set of interactive maps](http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=33427) showing 1,200 companies that are poised to benefit from a national cap on carbon pollution.

[Jackie Roberts](http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=31066), our director of sustainable technologies, put it this way: “These maps tell the story of companies across the manufacturing heartland that will get new customers and create jobs with a cap on carbon.”

The maps were presented at the kick-off meeting of Vice President Joe Biden’s Middle Class Task Force. (Here’s [a liveblog of the event](http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/02/27/Liveblog-The-Task-Forces-first-meeting/) from the White House web site.)

Reactions are coming in. [Politico gives an overview](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19405.html) of the political context, [Care2 features a video interview](http://www.care2.com/causes/global-warming/blog/what-does-the-map-of-the-new-green-economy-look-like-care2-video-interview/) of Jackie explaining where the map idea came from and how to use the maps. The folks over at [Environmental Leader](http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/03/02/us-companies-set-for-growth-under-cap-on-carbon/) and [Climate Biz](http://www.climatebiz.com/news/2009/03/02/edf-maps-1200-companies-poised-benefit-climate-laws) weighed in, too.

If you have any comments on the maps, please post them here.