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The Clean Energy Economy



The Clean Energy Economy: Alabama

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PRESS RELEASE: Alabama Clean Energy Economy Driving Job Growth – Pew Charitable Trusts, June 10, 2009

Alabama has a small but growing piece of America's clean energy economy. The state's number of jobs in the clean energy economy in 2007 was less than the national average of more than 15,000 jobs, but it increased slightly between 1998 and 2007 despite a lack of venture capital investments and few clean technology patents, and it exceeded the growth rate for overall jobs in Alabama during the same period. Automotive industry jobs in the state have declined, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, but Alabama is hoping to revive the industry by investing in alternative fuel production and infrastructure through its regional Center for Alternative Fuels and the Alabama Alternative Fuels and Research Development Fund

 

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