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The Clean Energy Economy



The Clean Energy Economy: Maryland

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PRESS RELEASE: Maryland Clean Energy Economy Has Driven Jobs, But Needs Policy Boost – Pew Charitable Trusts, June 10, 2009

Maryland has a small piece of America's clean energy economy, and total job growth outpaced job growth in the clean energy economy between 1998 and 2007. While jobs in the clean energy economy overall declined slightly during that period, the state saw them grow in three specific categories: Clean Energy; Environmentally Friendly Production and Energy Efficiency. The Maryland Transit Authority is committed to operating an entirely hybrid-electric bus fleet by 2014 and more recently decided to purchase 40 percent of state vehicles with alternative or hybrid fuel systems by 2010. Additionally, the state is ranked sixth among states in clean technology venture capital investment, having attracted more than $320 million in the past three years, all of which has been invested in clean energy generation.

 

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