{"id":4246,"date":"2009-03-02T13:39:54","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T19:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4246"},"modified":"2009-03-02T13:39:54","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T19:39:54","slug":"environmental-defense-fund-less-carbon-more-jobs-in-the-new-green-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/environmental-defense-fund-less-carbon-more-jobs-in-the-new-green-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Defense Fund: Less Carbon, More Jobs in the New Green Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"link to Less Carbon, More Jobs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=33427\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4247\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2009\/03\/green_jobs_map_248.jpg\" alt=\"Less Carbon, More Jobs\" width=\"248\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>One bright spot on the dark economic horizon is the number of companies across the U.S. poised for growth under a cap on carbon. EDF president Fred Krupp joined Vice President Joe Biden Friday in Philadelphia for the first meeting of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the_press_office\/Middle-Class-Task-Force-Holds-First-Meeting-in-Philadelphia-Focus-is-on-Green-Jobs\/\">Biden\u2019s task force on middle class jobs<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<p>At the meeting we unveiled our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=33427\">new interactive map<\/a> highlighting more than 1,200 companies in coal country, the rust belt and other manufacturing regions. These companies all stand to benefit from the demand for clean energy technologies created by a cap on global warming pollution.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=31066\">Jackie Roberts, EDF director of sustainable technologies<\/a>, who spearheaded the research behind the website, said: \u201cThese maps tell the story of how a cap can fuel economic growth in the heartland while reducing America\u2019s global warming pollution,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is a manufacturing boom ready to happen, and a cap will help ignite that spark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=33427\">The map<\/a> identifies the locations, products and services of companies in 12 states: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Hampshire, Arkansas, Tennessee, Colorado, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia and Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Among the business leaders EDF highlighted was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=36373\">Jeff Metts, owner and president of Dowding Industries<\/a>, a Michigan-based manufacturer of wind turbine parts that is hiring laid-off auto workers. \u201cThis business is growing exponentially,\u201d Metts said. 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