BIG GREEN JOBS IN STIMULUS

White House says stimulus funds have created 51,700 clean energy jobs
January 13, 2010 (USA Today)

"The White House reports…that the $5 billion in stimulus funds that has been spent to promote clean energy has created 51,700 jobs nationwide.

"Of the $787 billion stimulus package, $90 billion is related to clean energy, according to [The Economic Impact Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009 Second Quarterly Report by the Council on Economic Advisers. Aside from the $5 billion spent, another $26 billion in clean energy funds has been obligated."

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"The Recovery Act, pushed by President Obama but opposed by Republicans when it passed last year, promotes renewable energy such as solar and wind, energy efficiency, grid modernization, high-speed rail, vehicles with advanced fuel technologies and green job training… In addition to the 51,700 new jobs, it says the funds have helped create another 11,000 jobs…Measuring them in "job-years" -- one job for one year, it projects 719,000 new clean energy "job years" by [the] end of 2012.

"Representative Darrell Issa, top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, criticized the report, [calling it “…self-serving…deceptive…[and] propaganda…]"