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Pew Clean Economy Report

Pew Charitable Trusts, June 2009 / http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/Clean_Economy_Report_Web.pdf Research by The Pew Charitable Trusts shows that despite a lack of sustained policy attention and investment, the emerging clean energy economy has grown considerably—extending to all 50 states, engaging a wide variety of workers and generating new industries. Between 1998 and 2007, its jobs grew at a faster rate than overall jobs. Like all other sectors, the clean energy economy has been hit by the recession, but investments in clean technology have fared far better in the past year than venture capital overall. Looking forward, the clean energy economy has tremendous potential for growth, as investments continue to flow from both the government and private sector and federal and state policy makers increasingly push for reforms that will both spur economic renewal and sustain the environment.

California Green Innovation Index

NextTen, 2009 / http://www.next10.org/next10/pdf/GII/Next10_GII_2009.pdf Research included in the 2009 Green Innovation Index provides further evidence of the powerful economic stimulus clean energy policy can provide. California’s energy productivity, that is, the amount of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) produced per unit of energy, is 68% more productive than the rest of the nation. Energy efficiency policies forged by California over the last 35 years have saved consumers over $56 billion, creating 1.5 million fulltime jobs and $45 billion in payroll. California is at the forefront of green innovation investment and jobs. New data presented in the 2009 Index shows that while total jobs increased by just one percent statewide, green jobs have increased by ten percent since 2005.

Many Shades of Green

NextTen, December 2009 / http://www.next10.org/next10/pdf/Many_Shades_of_Green_1209.pdf Next 10’s Many Shades of Green: Diversity and Distribution of California’s Green Jobs uncovers this new economic growth taking place across the state in the form of business and job generation. While the data underlying this analysis extend only to the very beginning of the current economic slowdown, it is noteworthy that the job growth in the Core Green Economy exceeded the broader economy from January 2007 to 2008 and over the long-term. From 1995 to 2008, jobs expanded 36 percent in green businesses and only 13 percent overall. Just from 2007 to 2008, green jobs grew five perce

1. "Going Backward: Prop 23’s threat to California jobs, investment, and a clean energy future"

By effectively scuttling the state’s groundbreaking rules on greenhouse gas reduction, [clean tech investors, entrepreneurs and other opponents of Prop23] foresee California losing market leadership and thousands of jobs to other states and nations, particularly China, which have created strong regulatory incentives for innovation. Economic data support these concerns. • Job Growth: More than 500,000 Californians are already employed in clean tech jobs including more than 93,000 in manufacturing and 68,000 in construction. From 2007 to 2008, the core green economy added jobs at a rate of 5%, while the statewide economy shed 1% of its jobs. • Private Investment: Since the enactment of AB32, private investors have poured about $9 billion into the development of clean technology in California. • Consumer Protection: If AB32 is scuttled, electricity costs could rise by a third over the next decade, according to a study by UC Berkeley Professor David Roland-Holst.

Going Backward: California's Prop 23 Threatens Jobs, Investment, and a Clean Energy Future

Key technology industry leaders believe the passage of Proposition 23 would have a major impact on California’s growing clean technology industry, prompting some companies to reduce investment, close down or relocate. By effectively scuttling the state’s ground-breaking rules on greenhouse gas reduction, they foresee California losing market leadership and thousands of jobs to other states and nations, particularly China, which have created strong regulatory incentives for innovation. Economic data support these concerns. • Job Growth: More than 500,000 Californians are already employed in clean tech jobs including more than 93,000 in manufacturing and 68,000 in construction. From 2007 to 2008, the core green economy added jobs at a rate of 5%, while the statewide economy shed 1% of its jobs. • Private Investment: Since the enactment of AB32, private investors have poured about $9 billion into the development of clean technology in California. • Consumer Protection: If AB32 is scuttled, electricity costs could rise by a third over the next decade, according to a study by UC Berkeley Professor David Roland-Holst. The two Texas-based companies bankrolling the November 2010 statewide ballot initiative, Valero Energy Corp. and Tesoro Corp., see the expansion of renewable energy in California as a competitive threat. These two companies alone have generated more than $9 billion in operating income over the last five years from their California oil refining operations, and the state’s motorists pur- chased nearly $1 billion in retail gasoline from the two companies last year. By relaxing environmental restrictions and eliminating competition from made-in-California energy alternatives, Prop 23 will send more and more money and jobs out of state.

Study: Health Costs of California Air Pollution

 

Study: Dirty Air in California Caused $193 Million in Hospital-Based Medical Costs During 2005 to 2007

RAND Corporation March 2, 2010

Green Jobs Paying $30 an Hour

by Carol Tice, PayScale.com

Study: US Economic Growth & Job Creation from Climate Bill

PDF Report UC-Berkeley

Study: Legislation’s Benefits Outweigh Costs

By Keith Johnson Published: September 8, 2009 Wall Street Journal

Study: Global Warming is Not Slowing

World Meteorological Organization Press Release No. 869

Building a Green Economy

By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: April 5, 2010 New York Times

The Arguments For & Against Global Warming

By MICHAEL TOTTY Published: December 6, 2009 Wall Street Journal