red states rule
10-07-2009, 06:29 AM
Looks like the green job boom Dems promised is not happening. So now the unemployed in mega liberal state of Michigan have to wait until 2020 for 40,000 new green jobs
In Michigan, A Yellow Light For Green Jobs
Some Question Focus of Ailing State's Governor
By Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
LANSING, Mich. -- If the future of American manufacturing lies in green industries, the Michigan governor's pursuit of jobs offers a cautionary tale.
This Story
In Michigan, A Yellow Light For Green Jobs
Four years ago, Jennifer M. Granholm set out to remake her state, which took an exceptional walloping with the decline of the auto industry, as a pioneer in creating environmentally friendly jobs. Today, however, jobs are still disappearing much faster than she can create them, raising questions about how long it will take Michigan and other hard-hit states to find new industries to employ their workers.
Since taking office in 2003, Granholm has created 163,300 positions, her office says. She expects that a recent infusion of more than $1 billion from the Obama administration aimed at nurturing car battery and electric-vehicle projects will generate 40,000 more positions by 2020.
In the past decade, however, as the auto industry has grown smaller, Michigan has lost 870,000 jobs -- about 632,000 of them during Granholm's tenure. The number is expected to reach 1 million by late next year, the end of her term.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/10/05/ST2009100504040.html
In Michigan, A Yellow Light For Green Jobs
Some Question Focus of Ailing State's Governor
By Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
LANSING, Mich. -- If the future of American manufacturing lies in green industries, the Michigan governor's pursuit of jobs offers a cautionary tale.
This Story
In Michigan, A Yellow Light For Green Jobs
Four years ago, Jennifer M. Granholm set out to remake her state, which took an exceptional walloping with the decline of the auto industry, as a pioneer in creating environmentally friendly jobs. Today, however, jobs are still disappearing much faster than she can create them, raising questions about how long it will take Michigan and other hard-hit states to find new industries to employ their workers.
Since taking office in 2003, Granholm has created 163,300 positions, her office says. She expects that a recent infusion of more than $1 billion from the Obama administration aimed at nurturing car battery and electric-vehicle projects will generate 40,000 more positions by 2020.
In the past decade, however, as the auto industry has grown smaller, Michigan has lost 870,000 jobs -- about 632,000 of them during Granholm's tenure. The number is expected to reach 1 million by late next year, the end of her term.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/10/05/ST2009100504040.html