Kate Gordon, Center for American Progress
Presentation summary
- Clean tech/energy sector
- Contrary to media/popular belief, there is job growth in this sector and will provide good wage/quality jobs
- 2.7 million jobs in sector
- One fourth in manufacturing
- Approximately half of these jobs do not require a college degree
- Link between clean tech/energy and innovation
- Kyoto protocol – countries who signed the Kyoto protocol are seeing increases in green technological/energy innovation patents while US and Australia (developed countries who didn’t sign the protocol) are not seeing any increases in green tech patents
- If US energy remains at status quo will transition to greater dependence on oil and natural gas