Report: Clean energy could create 39K jobs in Tenn. - Nashville Business Journal:

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Many of the new jobs would also helplift low-income, low-educatio families out of poverty, the reportx say. The reports were prepared by the Politicap Economy Research Institute at the Universityof Amherst; the Center for American Progress; Greehn For All; and the Natural Resources Defenses Council. They are being presenteed to urge legislators to support cleanjenergy investment. UMass researchers say the impact ofan $815 milliojn investment in Middle Tennessee would include more than 10,0090 new jobs, half of them employing workerw with a high school degree or and a 1.3 percent reduction in unemployment.
The repor t also urges private businesses to invesf inclean energy, noting that the federap stimulus bill provides millions of dollars wortgh of grants to help stimulat e the development of such technology in the privatde sector.