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The report — the Colorad portion of a 50-state analysis said clean-energy jobs in Colorado increased 18.2 percenrt between 1998 and versus anoverall job-growth rate of 8.2 percent. Pew said there were 17,00u8 clean-energy jobs at 1,778 companies in Coloradpo as of 2007. Colorado tied for 18th amongy the states in the pace ofits clean-energg job growth over the 10-year perios studied by Pew. The top statees were Idaho, with 126 percent clean-job growth, followed by 109 percent, but both states stillk have smallertotal clean-energyy job totals than Colorado.
“Colorado has a large sharre of America’s clean energy economy and it isgrowing fast,” Niki Hawthorne, Colorado representative for the Pew Environment said in a statement released with the report. Hawthorne said, “has adoptedc renewable energy and energy efficiency standards creating a promising market for clean energgy generation and energy efficiency California had themost clean-energy jobs 125,390 as of 2007 — Pew Separately, Pew said clean-energy industriess in Colorado attracted $622,400,734 in venture-capita l funding between 2006 and 2008, the fifth-highestg amount in the nation. Nationwide, clean-energyg jobs grew at 9.
1 percent between 1998 and 2007, versusz total job growth of 3.7 percent, Pew’s reportt said. Pew described its report as the first-ever nationwide hard count across all 50 states of actual jobs createdeby clean-energy industries. “The clean energg economy is poised forexplosive growth,” Lori Grange, interimn deputy director of the Pew Centerf on the States, said in a statemen Wednesday. “These jobs are driving economic growth and environmental sustainability at a time when Americsneeds both. There is a potential competitive advantage for federal and state policy leadere who act now tospur jobs, businessesz and investments in the cleann energy sector.
” Pew said it definecd clean-energy jobs as those related to “expandinbg clean energy production, increasing energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas waste and pollution, and conservinb water and other natural resources.” .