Alternative energy jobs can provide vocations across many sectors of the economy but policy to spark them can take years to develop, U.S. governors told a Senate committee on Tuesday.
State green power mandates and regional cap-and-trade plans on emissions have been useful tools in pushing local economies to begin to convert from fossil fuel plants to green jobs, the governors told the Senate's Committee on Environment and Public Works.
"This didn't happen by accident," Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter told the committee about thousands of green jobs that will be created in his state in wind power manufacturing plants and alternative battery companies. "It happened through a concerted and aggressive effort starting in 2004."
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