Pew Environment Group
Global Warming

Contact Us

Media

Brandon MacGillis
Communications Officer
(202) 887-8830
bmacgillis@pewtrusts.org

Government Relations

Geoff Brown
Senior Officer, Government Relations
(202) 887-8806
gbrown@pewtrusts.org

 

The Clean Energy Economy



The Clean Energy Economy: Missouri

Bookmark and Share

PRESS RELEASE: Missouri Clean Energy Economy Jobs Grew 2.5 Times Faster than Overall Jobs – Pew Charitable Trusts, June 10, 2009

Missouri has a small but growing piece of America's clean energy economy. Jobs in its clean energy economy grew more quickly than total jobs in the state between 1998 and 2007. The Show Me State attracted more than $24 million in clean technology venture capital in the past three years, with the majority of investments in the category of Clean Energy. Although Missouri is not commonly considered to be a state with high wind-power potential, advances in wind turbine technology have enabled the state to develop a burgeoning wind industry. In 2008, Rock Port, Missouri, became the first community in the United States to be powered exclusively by wind.

 

Download a PDF of this fact sheet