New Green Jobs in Mountain View

Significant investments have been made for green jobs in the recent years, including $500 million in government grants for green job training under the "Recovery Act and $40 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 funding for the Department of Labor's Green Jobs Innovation Fund" according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Last month the BLS announced the official definition of "green jobs" so everyone can be on the same page as the future of the "green economy" unfolds. What will this mean for Mountain View residents?

A study released recently by Next 10 in Palo Alto and Mountain View's Collaborative Economics Inc. discovered that California's green sector has grown by 19% in the last 13 years, as reported in the Sac Bee. The Bay Area saw the greatest increase of 55%. These statistics are a strong indication that many of the job losses in the manufacturing industry in Mountain View may likely be replaced by green careers in the coming years.

Sources:
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/07/3085807/green-jobs-rise-in-state-study.html#ixzz12uYTgNSG
http://www.bls.gov/green/