green industry Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:30:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Green Jobs Could Impact Economy Negatively, Danish Economist Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/green-jobs-affect-economy-lomborg-20110210/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/green-jobs-affect-economy-lomborg-20110210/#respond Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:30:50 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17067 It looks like the "green" economy is a bit more complicated than we'd think at a first sight - at least that's what Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish He who wrote the book "The Skeptical Environmentalist" in 1998 told Reuters recently. He argues that jobs in the newly-invented field of green energies could have negative consequences over some other parts of the economy, and that this is only due to the over-optimistic expectations of a fast shift from petrol to renewables.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/green-jobs-affect-economy-lomborg-20110210/feed/ 0 17067 President Obama Allocates $2 Billion for Solar Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/president-obama-allocates-2-billion-solar-energy-20100704/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/president-obama-allocates-2-billion-solar-energy-20100704/#respond Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:07:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8330 The money promised by Obama will come from government stimulus funds designed to boost the economy during the recession. According to the president, about 5,000 new jobs will be created due to these investments.

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