http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2010/04/green-investments-spurring-growth-emissions-cuts Green investments spur growth, emissions cuts
21 April 2010
Households surpass industry as nation's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
By Douglas Fischer
Daily Climate editor
Green investments are spurring significant growth across the U.S economy while decreasing industry's overall emissions per dollar of goods and services, according to two reports released Wednesday by the federal government.
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The first report,
http://www.esa.doc.gov/GreenEconomyReport/">Measuring the Green Economy, analyzed the most recent Economic Census, produced in 2007 by the Census Bureau, and found green services and products totaled between $371 billion and $571 billion, or 1 percent to 2 percent of the U.S. economy that year.
That's a small slice of economic pie, Blank acknowledged. But the sector is "well-poised" for growth, and the agency expects the next economic census, in 2012, will show significant gains.
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The second report,
http://www.esa.doc.gov/co2/">U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Intensities Over Time, shows that a considerable number of economic sectors - particularly manufacturing - have grown more energy efficient over time.
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