Green Economic Stimulus

In most of my articles for this blog, I’ve focused on the environmental and geopolitical reasons why we need a green revolution. One aspect that I have yet to mention is the enormous economic benefit that a green revolution will fuel. Ironically, many critics of green policy proposals claim these policies will stifle the economy when actually such measures will provide much needed economic stimulus.

The Apollo Alliance (named in the spirit of President John F. Kennedy’s ambitious goal of the Apollo manned missions to the moon) is a group that put together a $300 billion policy proposal for another moon-shot: a green America.

According to studies by the non-partisan Perryman Group, the Apollo Alliance’s ambitious and very achievable plan would have the following benefits:

1. Add more than 3.3 million jobs to the economy

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Posted by Tim Roth, author of the political blog Think Anew and Act Anew