‘Green’ US Jobs May Eliminate More Jobs Than They Create
Clean-energy research and engineering posts could be poised for a growth spurt in the United States if a predicted ‘green-job’ explosion becomes reality. But some critics suggest that green jobs — those with a role in reducing waste and pollution and benefiting the environment — are replacing other jobs and are costly to create.
Green jobs growing, but destroying others?
Published in Nature 459, 1156 (24 June 2009) | 10.1038/nj7250-1156a