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Report: New Communications Technology = Good, Green Jobs

By James Parks

New communication technologies can be a key part of making our economy more energy-efficient and help create good jobs in the future, according to a new report. "Networking the Green Economy: How Broadband and Related Technologies Can Build a Green Economic Future," illustrates how a highly-networked economy with smart buildings, smart grids, teleconferencing and digital education will reduce carbon dioxide emissions and retain good, green jobs. The report was released yesterday at a Capitol Hill press conference by the Progressive States Network, Communications Workers of America (CWA), Sierra Club and the Blue Green Alliance. You can read the report here. Speaking at the press conference, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming said the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) much anticipated National Broadband Plan could be a key part of an economic recovery.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on March 05, 2010 (boomark / email).