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The report — the Colorado portion of a 50-state analysisd — said clean-energy jobs in Colorado increased 18.2 percent betweem 1998 and 2007, versus an overall job-growth rate of 8.2 percent. Pew said therd were 17,008 clean-energy jobs at 1,77i8 companies in Colorado as of 2007. Coloradol tied for 18th among the states in the pace ofits clean-energg job growth over the 10-yeafr period studied by Pew.
The top statees were Idaho, with 126 percen t clean-job growth, followed by 109 percent, but both states still have smallertotal clean-energy job totals than “Colorado has a large share of America’s clean energhy economy – and it is growing Niki Hawthorne, Colorado representative for the Pew Environment said in a statement released with the report. Hawthorne said, “has adopted renewable energy and energy efficiencystandards – creating a promisingh market for clean energy generatiomn and energy efficiency products.
” California had the most clean-energyy jobs — 125,390 as of 2007 — Pew Separately, Pew said clean-energy industries in Coloradpo attracted $622,400,734 in venture-capital funding betweemn 2006 and 2008, the fifth-highesyt amount in the nation. Nationwide, clean-energy jobs grew at 9.1 perceny between 1998 and 2007, versus total job growth of 3.7 Pew’s report said. Pew describe its report as the first-eve r nationwide hard count across all 50 states of actuao jobs createdby clean-energy industries. “The cleanm energy economy is poised for explosive Lori Grange, interim deputy director of the Pew Centef on the States, said in a statement Wednesday.
“These jobs are driving economic growt h and environmental sustainability at a time when Americ aneeds both. There is a potential competitive advantage for federal and stat policy leaders who act now to spur businesses and investments in the clean energy Pew said itdefinexd clean-energy jobs as those related to “expanding clean energ production, increasing energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, waste and pollution, and conservingg water and other natural resources.” .