Romney implies Colorado has no green jobs, even though the state has over 70,000

Romney implies Colorado has no green jobs, even though the state has over 70,000 | Grist

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Romney implies Colorado has no green jobs, even though the state has over 70,000

Green jobs? I don’t see any green jobs here. (Photo by World Affairs Council of Philadelphia.) A version of this article originally appeared on Climate Progress . Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney campaigned in Craig, Colo., this morning, where he slammed the Obama administration for its energy policies. Romney implied in his speech that there are no clean energy jobs in Colorado, an assertion that is blatantly untrue: And then of course there’s [Obama's] plan for energy. You see, he said he was going to create some 5 million green energy jobs. Have you seen those around here anywhere? No, as a matter of fact he’s gone after energy. There are actually tens of thousands of clean energy jobs in Colorado. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics [PDF], the state had 72,452 jobs in “green goods and services” in 2010. In addition, the American Wind Ener...

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#grist Romney implies Colorado has no green jobs, even though the state has over 70,000 #mlfeeds: In a speech in... [link]
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Maybe he should fire his speech writer... just saying. [link]
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RT @grist: Romney slams Obama on eco-jobs, implies Colorado has no green jobs, even though the state has over 70,000 [link]
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@SustainableEd » 29 May '12, 10pm
Perhaps it's just another campaign ploy...but this one is just plain false. You are all part of a growing green... [link]
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Oops...I guess that's what they hire research assistants for. Colorado's green sector is always growing, and you... [link]
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