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States vie to attract clean-tech industries
Monday, April 14, 2008
...Clean-energy firms in Massachusetts, for example, currently account for more than 14,500 jobs. That makes clean tech the 10th largest sector in the state, and it's growing at a rate of 20 percent a year. Aside from Governor Patrick's support of ecofirms, Massachusetts' House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi last month proposed allocating $50 million in taxpayer dollars to stimulate the creation of green jobs in the state.

"[Green industry] is a major part of the state economy, and it's likely only to grow," says Ian Bowles, secretary of energy and environmental affairs. In addition to government support, a strong university system and local natural resources are keys to determining which states will prevail as green-industry hubs.

Note: Click here to read this article in the Christian Science Monitor

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