Colorado clean-energy jobs outpace other industries, Pew report says

Colorado gained jobs in “clean energy” industries twice as fast as the state’s job-growth rate as a whole in the 10 years ending in 2007, a study released Wednesday by the Pew Charitable Trusts reports.

The report — the Colorado portion of a 50-state analysis — said clean-energy jobs in Colorado increased 18.2 percent between 1998 and 2007, versus an overall job-growth rate of 8.2 percent.

Pew said there were 17,008 clean-energy jobs at 1,778 companies in Colorado as of 2007.

Colorado tied for 18th among the states in the pace of its clean-energy job growth over the 10-year period studied by Pew. The top states were Idaho, with 126 percent clean-job growth, followed by Nebraska, 109 percent, but both states still have smaller total clean-energy job totals than Colorado.

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To view the full report, go to the Pew Charitable Trusts Web site.