Critical List: It’s hot; 2.7 million Americans work in clean energy

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You want green jobs? Here are your green jobs: 2.7 million Americans are employed in the clean energy economy, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution.

But that could all end with a drop-off in government subsidies across the world.

You want green jobs? Here are your green jobs: 2.7 million Americans are employed in the clean energy economy, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution.

But that could all end with a drop-off in government subsidies across the world.

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