Thursday, October 22, 2009
NYC Sees Economic Gold in Green Jobs
This article discusses the plan proposed by Mayor Bloomberg of NYC to increase the green work force in NYC by 13,000 workers in the next decade. The Mayors goal is for NYC to compete with London to become the new center for carbon trading. Additionally, with unemployment so high right now from the recession, this plan will help to re-vamp employment in one of the worlds largest and most powerful city's. A few of the specific plans to make NYC more green is to reduce greenhouse gases, plant 1 million trees and crown skyscrapers with wind turbines.
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I think that New York's decision to investigate new "green jobs" is not only very important environmentally, but also a smart decision economically to offer new jobs to individuals while also cutting costs - New York, and other cities around the country should adopt Houston's idea of having LED lights which will save $190,626 a year as well as look into the cap-and-trade program to cut greenhouse-gas emissions which has already been adopted by Europe.
This article, and idea by New York City and Mayor Bloomberg is very forward thinking and an excellent way to combat both our depleting environment and the economy and specifically the job market. By creating jobs that will at the same time help make New York City "more green" will not only immediately help with unemployment but will have good long term effects of helping one of the most polluted cities in the US in becoming more environmentally friendly.
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