Since the mid-1990s, green jobs in San Diego County have grown more than twice as fast as the overall average and weathered the past two recessions better than most other industries, according to a report released Tuesday by Next10, a research organization focused on the environmental industry.
The report, from the Next 10 public policy group, defines the core green economy as businesses that provide alternatives to carbon-based energy sources, conserve energy or natural resources, reduce pollution, or find new uses for waste.
The state's overall economy lost 7% of jobs between January 2009 and January 2010 while its "core green economy" lost 3%, according to the study released by San Francisco-based Next 10, a nonpartisan research group focused on innovation.
From January 2009 through January 2010, the overall state economy lost 7% of its jobs, according to nonprofit research group Next 10’s Many Shades of Green report. During the same period, the core green economy -- composed of businesses involved in renewable energy, clean-fuel cars, water conservation, emissions trading and more -- suffered a 3% job loss.
A report released last week by San Francisco-based nonprofit Next 10 said California attracted global investments totaling $467 million in electric vehicle-related sectors in the first half of this year. In all of 2010, investments totaled $840 million.
The ARB also said the rules will help expand California's emerging electric vehicles industry. A recent report by San Francisco-based nonprofit Next10 found that California leads the nation in patents for electric vehicle technology. Globally, it trails only Japan and South Korea.
The report from the nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization Next 10 is titled “Powering Innovation: California is Leading the Shift to Electric Vehicles from R&D to Early Adoption.” The report reveals California took in $467 million in global electric-vehicle venture capital investment in the first half of the year.
