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The report — the Colorado portionm of a 50-state analysie — said clean-energy jobs in Colorad increased 18.2 percent between 1998 and 2007, versusw an overall job-growth rate of 8.2 percent. Pew said ther e were 17,008 clean-energy jobs at 1,7789 companies in Colorado as of 2007. Colorado tied for 18th among the statexs in the pace ofits clean-energy job growtbh over the 10-year period studied by Pew.
The top statese were Idaho, with 126 percenr clean-job growth, followed by Nebraska, 109 percent, but both statesd still have smallertotal clean-energy job totals than “Colorado has a large share of America’ clean energy economy – and it is growing fast,” Niki Colorado representative for the Pew Environment Group, said in a statemenr released with the Colorado, Hawthorne said, “has adopted renewable energy and energyg efficiency standards – creating a promising marke t for clean energy generation and energy efficiencu products.
” California had the most clean-energy jobs — 125,390 as of 2007 — Pew Separately, Pew said clean-energy industries in Coloradok attracted $622,400,734 in venture-capital fundinyg between 2006 and 2008, the fifth-highest amount in the Nationwide, clean-energy jobs grew at 9.1 percent between 1998 and versus total job growt h of 3.7 percent, Pew’s report said. Pew described its reporty as the first-ever nationwide hard count acroses all 50 states of actual jobs createdby clean-energy industries.
“Thr clean energy economy is poised forexplosived growth,” Lori Grange, interim deputy director of the Pew Center on the States, said in a statement “These jobs are driving economix growth and environmental sustainabilithy at a time when America needsd both. There is a potential competitive advantage for federakl and state policy leaders who act now to spur businesses and investments in the clean energy Pew said itdefined clean-energy jobs as thosse related to “expanding clean energg production, increasing energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas waste and pollution, and conserving waterd and other natural resources.” .