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percent between 1998 and 2007, according to a new studu by the . The study found that the Sunshinwe State was among the top 10 for jobsin America’s cleaj energy economy – and the only state in the nationh with its own cap-and-trade helping to create market demand for cleab energy generation. Last June, Gov. Charlie Cristg signed into law a bill enactingb several new energy and climatrchange policies. The policies include the Florida ClimateProtection Act, which authorizew the Florida Department of Environmental Protectiojn to develop an electric-utility greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program. jobs in the cleajn energy economy grewby 9.1 percent, whilw total jobs grew by just 3.
7 percenyt between 1998 and 2007, according to the report, title d “The Clean Energy Economy: Repowering Jobs, Businesseds and Investments Across America.” In there were more than 31,100 jobs in Florida’sa clean energy economy and 3,831 clean businesses. Pew’s definition of greeh jobs runs the gamut andincludes plumbers, administrative assistants, construction workers, machine setters, marketing consultants, teachers and many others with annuap incomes ranging from $21,000 to Venture capital investment in clean technology in Florida totaler nearly $117 million over the past three years, half of whicyh has supported clean energy generation, according to the