Green jobs rally image via CleanTechnica

Hey everybody – here’s a great idea: Let’s cut American greenhouse gas emissions 40% and energy demand 30% then create 2.7 million jobs while lowering the national unemployment rate 1.5%

Oh, and by the way, this will only cost 1.2% of the current United States gross domestic product. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? Now it gets better – these are green jobs, and renewable energy is the key to unlocking it all.

Welcome to the brave new world that’s ‘truly within reach” according to ‘Green Growth: A U.S. Program for Controlling Climate Change and Expanding Job Opportunities,” an upcoming report from the University of Massachusetts and Center for American Progress.

A Clean Energy Economy ‘Truly Within Reach”

By now, the fossil fuel industry’s talking points are tired and stale: Expanding renewables will crush the American economy and cause blackouts without really impacting climate change.

The only problem with that narrative is that it looks more and more like fiction with every passing day. ‘The fundamental imperative of climate stabilization is […]