{"id":2619,"date":"2010-08-09T12:39:17","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T17:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2013-11-21T14:55:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T19:55:40","slug":"green-jobs-californias-economic-bright-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2010\/08\/09\/green-jobs-californias-economic-bright-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Jobs: California&#8217;s Economic Bright Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the strongest arguments for\u00a0passing\u00a0a climate and clean energy bill is that it will boost the economy and create jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s more evidence to support that claim: an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=37047\">updated map<\/a> compiled by Environmental Defense Fund that shows more than 3,500 &#8220;green&#8221; businesses in California alone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>EDF&#8217;s Tim Connor wrote about the map on our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/californiadream\/2010\/08\/05\/innovate-and-grow-mapping-california%E2%80%99s-growing-green-economy\/\">California Dream 2.0<\/a> blog. 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