OTHER REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Februaru 3, 2009
High Road or Low Road: Job Quality in the New Green Economy report from Good Jobs First, commissioned by Change to Win,
Sierra Club, Laborers International
Union and the Teamsters addresses the
dangers and opportunities of the quality
of "green jobs".
Read the report.
September 2008
Green Recovery: A Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy Report showed that by investing $100 billion in the green economy, the U.S. could create two million jobs in two years and reduce unemployment to 4.4 percent.
The report, commissioned by the Center for American Progress, authored by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, and released with Green Jobs for America, outlines a rapid green recovery program that would create four times more jobs than the same investment in oil by investing in six renewable energy and energy efficiency strategies.
Read the report and job-creation numbers for 34 states.
October 2007
New Jersey's Road to Energy Independence report from the Blue Green Alliance and The Renewable Energy Policy Project, documents the potential of a national Renewable Electricity Standard to help create thousands of jobs making parts for wind turbines, solar panels and other clean energy technologies.
View the summary reports for New Jersey.
June 2007
Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-by-State Picture of Occupations that Gain from Green Investments report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, examines 12 states and the people employed in occupations affected by six green economic strategies: building retrofitting, mass transit, energy-efficient automobiles, wind power, solar power and cellulosic biofuels.
Sponsored by Natural Resource Defense Council as part of the Green Jobs for America campaign, the report shows millions of U.S. workers will benefit from a movement to stop global warming and transform the United States into a green economy. Download the report and state fact sheets.
February 2005
Diesel and Health in America: The Lingering Threat report was commissioned by the New Jersey Clean Air Task Force, summarizes the findings of a study by Abt Associates. It reviews how diesel vehicles increase the level of fine particle pollution in the air we breathe, and recommends reduction measures that will save thousands of lives each year.