In a refreshing breath of good news, the Obama administration announced that the government’s fiscal stimulus program has helped create or save almost 650,000 jobs. ”We’re moving in the right direction. We’re starting to make real progress on the road to recovery,” said Vice President Joe Biden. “Quite simply, the Recovery Act is performing as advertised.” While the final tally on where all the new and saved jobs are coming from won’t be available until tomorrow on Recovery.gov, it seems a safe bet to guess that a good number of new jobs are “green” jobs, aimed at helping to build a cleaner planet.
The Obama Administration also announced earlier this week that it is investing $3.4 billion to help fund the largest single energy grid modernization in U.S. history. This money will help to create tens of thousands of jobs across the country. These jobs include high wage, high skilled opportunities for smart meter manufacturing workers, engineers, electricians, IT system designers, cyber security specialists, data entry clerks, database administrators, analysts and more.
All this adds up to great news for the US economy and environment. Putting people back to work in a meaningful way was exactly what the stimulus set out to do, and making sure we get this program right will help drive the next wave of innovation to propel us into a cleaner, brighter future. We at Carbonetworks are proud to be a living, breathing example of a company that is growing fast – and every job we create is a green job.
October 31st, 2009 by Michael Meehan - President & CEO
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