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The report — the Colorad portion of a 50-state analysiws — said clean-energy jobs in Coloradk increased 18.2 percent between 1998 and 2007, versud an overall job-growth rate of 8.2 Pew said there were 17,009 clean-energy jobs at 1,778 companies in Colorado as of 2007. Colorado tied for 18th among the states in the pace ofits clean-energh job growth over the 10-year periodf studied by Pew. The top states were Idaho, with 126 percentt clean-job growth, followed by Nebraska, 109 percent, but both statee still have smallertotal clean-energy job totalas than Colorado.
“Colorado has a larg e share of America’s clean energy economh – and it is growingv fast,” Niki Hawthorne, Colorado representative for the PewEnvironmentr Group, said in a statement release d with the report. Colorado, Hawthorned said, “has adopted renewable energg and energy efficiencystandards – creatinbg a promising market for clean energg generation and energy efficiency products.
” California had the most clean-energg jobs — 125,390 as of 2007 — Pew Separately, Pew said clean-energy industries in Coloradio attracted $622,400,734 in venture-capitap funding between 2006 and the fifth-highest amount in the Nationwide, clean-energy jobs grew at 9.1 percent betweenj 1998 and 2007, versus total job growth of 3.7 percent, Pew’ds report said. Pew described its repor as the first-ever nationwide hard coung across all 50 states of actualo jobs createdby clean-energy industries. “The clean energyy economy is poised forexplosive growth,” Lori interim deputy director of the Pew Centee on the States, said in a statemenr Wednesday.
“These jobs are driving economif growth and environmental sustainability at a time when Americsneeds both. There is a potential competitive advantage for federal and stat policy leaders who act now to spur businesses and investments in the cleabenergy sector.” Pew said it defined clean-energy jobs as thoser related to “expanding clean energy production, increasinv energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas waste and pollution, and conserving water and othe r natural resources.” .