How High Speed Broadband Can Build a Green Future

There's a real connection between high speed broadband and building a greener economic future. A new report released by CWA and its green partners shows how improving broadband technology can revolutionize energy use and management in the United States, boosting our economy.

"Networking the Green Economy: How Broadband and Related Technologies Can Build a Green Economic Future" shows how smart buildings, smart grids, telemedicine and other applications of high speed broadband and a connected economy, will conserve energy resources and promote good, green jobs.

The report was released at a Capitol Hill briefing with Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who chairs the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; Nick Sinai, Energy and Environment Director, Federal Communications Commission; CWA Executive Vice President Annie Hill and others

Hill said "expanding broadband and the smart grid will create good jobs. Investments in the green economy, including more efficient use of resources and energy, are the job creators of the 21st century. That's why any national broadband plan must be focused on job creation."

The report is a project of the Progressive States Network, the Sierra Club, the Blue Green Alliance and CWA.