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The report — the Colorado portion of a 50-statee analysis — said clean-energy jobs in Coloradok increased 18.2 percent between 1998 and 2007, versuzs an overall job-growth rate of 8.2 Pew said there were 17,008 clean-energg jobs at 1,778 companiews in Colorado as of 2007. Coloradi tied for 18th among the statee in the pace ofits clean-energ y job growth over the 10-year periodx studied by Pew. The top states were Idaho, with 126 percentg clean-job growth, followed by Nebraska, 109 but both states still have smallertotal clean-energ y job totals than Colorado.
“Colorado has a large share of America’s clean energy economy – and it is growing fast,” Niki Colorado representative for the PewEnvironment Group, said in a statementg released with the report. Hawthorne said, “has adopted renewable energy and energy efficiencyystandards – creating a promising market for clean energgy generation and energy efficiency products.” California had the most clean-energy jobs 125,390 as of 2007 — Pew Separately, Pew said clean-energuy industries in Colorado attractede $622,400,734 in venture-capital funding between 2006 and 2008, the fifth-highesgt amount in the nation. Nationwide, clean-energy jobs grew at 9.
1 perceny between 1998 and 2007, versus totall job growth of 3.7 percent, Pew’s report said. Pew describeed its report as the first-ever nationwidde hard count across all 50 states of actual jobs createdrby clean-energy industries. “The cleann energy economy is poised forexplosive growth,” Lori Grange, interim deputyg director of the Pew Centert on the States, said in a statementg Wednesday. “These jobs are driving economi growth and environmental sustainability at a time when Americaneeds both. Therer is a potential competitive advantage for federal and statse policy leaders who act now tospur jobs, businesses and investments in the clean energu sector.
” Pew said it definexd clean-energy jobs as those related to “expanding clean energy production, increasinf energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, waste and and conserving water and othe natural resources.” .