New reports highlight Florida clean energy job creation and impact of cap and trade legislation
Several new studies this week indicate that clean energy investments will bring benefits in Florida for job creation, consumer savings and economic opportunities. Another report says any negative economic impact from federal cap and trade legislation to limit heat-trapping gases, will be "very modest or even negligible."
Several new studies this week indicate that clean energy investments will bring benefits in Florida for job creation, consumer savings and economic opportunities. Another report says any negative economic impact from federal cap and trade legislation to limit heat-trapping gases, will be "very modest or even negligible."
Two of the reports to be released on Thursday outlines how many and what kind of jobs will be created through legislation moving through Congress that includes $150 billion for investment in clean energy.
The reports were prepared by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (PERI) with the Center for American Progress (CAP), Green For All, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
Local and state-specific data will be available for Florida as well as the Miami and Tampa Bay area.
Another new economic report, commissioned by the Environmental Defense Fund, says the latest federal proposal to curtail greenhouse gases will not have any serious cost for the Florida economy over the next 15 years.
