The California-based Centers of Excellence has released a new study entitled “Understanding the Green Economy: A Community College Perspective.”  A lot of work has gone into this study, and the paper delivers on some pretty serious goals:

To provide definitions for green jobs and green firms to allow for consistent use and understanding
Illustrate various scenarios [...]

Summary
The Employment and Training Administration recently released five competitive grants (roughly $500 million) targeted toward “research, labor exchange, and job training for projects that prepare workers for careers in energy efficiency and renewable energy . . .”
>> You can see these grants here:
The 5 grants are:
1. State Labor Market Information Improvement Grants ($50 million): “enhance [...]

A couple of weeks ago we linked to a neat report put out by the O*NET Resource Center, called “Greening the World of Work.” The report used O*NET codes to establish a starting point for understanding green jobs.
In order to run labor market analysis, link to staffing industries, and establish trends over time, we have [...]

For Sector 1 data, click here
The first table (2-A) deals with “green increased demand” occupations, as classified by the O*NET Resource Center, for the Transportation cluster; the second table (2-B) relates to “green enhanced skills” occupations for the same cluster.
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Findings:

The second table in this cluster clearly represents [...]

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The first table (3-A) deals with “green increased demand” occupations, as classified by the O*NET Resource Center, for the  Energy Efficiency cluster; the second table (3-B) relates to “green enhanced skills” occupations for the same cluster.
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Findings:

Nearly all the growth for this [...]

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The first table (4-A) deals with “green increased demand” occupations, as classified by O*NET Resource Center, for the Green Construction cluster; the second table (4-B) relates to “green enhanced skills” occupations for the same cluster.
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Findings:

The losses seen in this cluster are [...]

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The table deals with “green enhanced skills” occupations, as classified by the O*NET Resource Center, for the Energy and Carbon Capture and Storage cluster.
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Findings:

Unlike the other clusters, there are no reported jobs/occupations based on O*NET research classified as “green increased demand” relating [...]

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The first table (7-A) deals with “green increased demand” occupations, as classified by O*NET, for the Research, Design, and Consulting Services cluster; the second table (4-B) relates to “green enhanced skills” occupations for the same cluster.
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Findings:

In the O*NET report, this cluster is [...]

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The first table (8-A) deals with “green increased demand” occupations, as classified by O*NET, for the Environment Protection cluster; the second table (8-B) relates to “green enhanced skills” occupations for the same cluster.
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Findings:

According to O*NET, this sector “covers activities related to the [...]

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The first table (9-A) deals with “green increased demand” occupations, as classified by the O*NET Resource Center, for the Agriculture and Forestry cluster; the second table (9-B) relates to “green enhanced skills” occupations for the same cluster.
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Findings:

This sector is related to the rise [...]