{"id":711,"date":"2009-04-17T15:18:49","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T20:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/04\/17\/green-jobs-not-just-economic-projections\/"},"modified":"2020-04-20T13:45:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T18:45:47","slug":"green-jobs-not-just-economic-projections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/04\/17\/green-jobs-not-just-economic-projections\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Jobs: Not Just Economic Projections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marc Gunther was kind enough to write a post <\/a>on his blog about our latest campaign for a carbon cap<\/a>.\u00a0 Unfortunately, he also called the green jobs debate “intellectually dishonest.”\u00a0 Below, Environmental Defense Fund’s Executive Director, David Yarnold, replies. <\/em><\/p>\n

Marc,<\/p>\n

Glad to see more attention to this issue as Congress gears up for its historic effort to pass a cap on carbon emissions. Opponents are hard at work to limit public debate to one side of the ledger; we\u2019re shining the light on the other.<\/p>\n

What we\u2019re not doing is predicting the number of jobs a cap will create. Better yet, we\u2019re showing the jobs that are here right now. We\u2019re showing the people that want them, and businesses that are ready to create more of them when Congress caps carbon. You can see them for yourself at www.lesscarbonmorejobs.com<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the thousands of companies you will find there is Dowding Machining, which is putting hundreds of laid-off autoworkers back to work building wind turbines in Michigan — the state with the highest unemployment rate in the nation. Mayor John Fetterman, featured in our ads<\/a>, wants to do the same thing for steelworkers in Braddock, Pa.<\/p>\n

How many jobs will we create? It’s up to us as a nation. Will we take the lead, revitalizing existing manufacturing industries and creating new ones? Or will we settle for the status quo, see our factories shuttered, and end up importing the low-carbon technologies of the future from China and Europe?<\/p>\n

For years, the U.S. was the worlds leading producer of solar cells, but now we rank fourth in production behind Japan, China, and Germany. They\u2019re not the sunniest of places; they\u2019ve just made renewable energy a priority.<\/p>\n

What will the costs be? The transition to clean energy will not be free \u2013 but every credible economic analysis<\/a> shows that our economy will enjoy robust growth under a carbon cap. And contrary to opponents who spent a decade trying to muddy the science on climate change (and having failed that are now trying to muddy the economics), household costs will be small \u2013 about a dime a day for household utility bills, based on Department of Energy estimates. That dime buys a lot: cleaner air, good jobs, less foreign oil, and a safe climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marc Gunther was kind enough to write a post on his blog about our latest campaign for a carbon cap.\u00a0 Unfortunately, he also called the green jobs debate “intellectually dishonest.”\u00a0 Below, Environmental Defense Fund’s Executive Director, David Yarnold, replies. 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