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Economic “Green” for WA in Obama’s Clean Energy Plan?

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Monday, January 19, 2009   

Seattle, WA – The nation lost nearly three million jobs last year, but experts say Washington State is well positioned with regard to the new administration's plan to stop such job losses through federal investment in clean energy. Barak Obama will be sworn is as the 44th President Tuesday, and KC Golden of Climate Solutions says Obama's plans for renewable energy could mean a significant boost for the Evergreen State's economy.

"Some of those are things that we have been pioneering here in the Northwest, energy efficiency, new smart electric power grid systems. So, I think a big new federal investment will really serve our region well."

Opponents counter that the plan will simply boost spending, but not the economy. Obama says it will create 459,000 jobs in the energy sector and generate at least three million more jobs nationwide.

Golden says tension is building between those who want to put money into old economy jobs such as road building projects that are said to be 'shovel ready' and those who want to invest in a new, clean economy where Obama himself has said the "possibilities are limitless." Golden says this will be one of the first big tests for the new President.

"Are we just going to sort of 'patch up the old jalopy' as Thomas Friedman said? Are we just going to pump money into the old, failing economic models, or are we really going to build some new drivers for economic prosperity?"

Golden says there are plenty of energy-efficiency jobs that are shovel ready: all it takes to jump start them is investment. Obama says nations like Spain and Germany are taking the lead in clean energy because their governments made bold investments in renewable energy projects.



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