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‘Green collar’ jobs opportunity with renewable energy in Florida

Group Says Renewable Energy Could Produce 95,000 Florida Jobs, Sunshine State News, Kenric Ward: January 3, 2011 The Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy says alternative power sources hold the key for employment in the state.”In the November TaxWatch Survey, 80 percent of Floridians agreed that it is time for our Legislature to take action on renewable energy, and 70 percent of Floridians agreed that they would be willing to pay $1 or more per month in order to achieve renewable energy,” said Mike Antheil, head of FARE.”With 1,096,000 out of 9,233,000 workers unemployed in the state of Florida, our citizens, our businesses and our elected officials have all embraced the job creating power that achieving renewable energy can bring. An estimated 95,000 jobs could be created with the development of 1.5 GW of solar projects… Group Says Renewable Energy Could Produce 95,000 Florida Jobs | Sunshine State News

January 10, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, renewable, USA