Pennsylvania near the Top in Clean Energy Jobs
Pennsylvania ranks third in clean-energy jobs nationwide with 38,763 of them in 2007, according to a report issued recently by the Pew Charitable Trusts. New Jersey was ninth with 25,397 clean-energy jobs. California was first with 125,390 and Texas was second with 55,646.
The report, called, "The Clean Energy Economy: Repowering Jobs, Businesses and Investment," lists the number of clean-energy jobs, companies and investments in each state and Washington, D.C. It defines them as jobs, companies and investments "aimed at developing clean, renewable sources of energy, increasing energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming and conserving water and other natural resources."
Clean-energy workers include engineers, plumbers, administrative assistants, construction workers, and marketing consultants. Their annual incomes range from $21,000 to $111,000.
The report found that the number of clean-energy jobs increased faster than the rate of all jobs between 1998 and 2007. In the latter year, there were 68,200 clean-energy businesses employing 770,000 people, according to the report. By comparison, biotechnology companies employed fewer than 200,000 in 2007, the report said.
The report also said that the clean-energy economy "has tremendous potential for growth" because of investments by the public and private sectors and other actions on the part of federal and state governments. The report can be downloaded from the Pew Charitable Trusts' Web site. (Philadelphia Business Journal, 6/11/09)
Five-dollar menu at Philadelphia International Airport
The restaurants at Philadelphia International Airport are launching a $5 meal program for cost-conscious fliers. The "Wow! $5 Chow" program will be available at some 50 restaurants in the airport.
"Offering the WOW! $5 CHOW! menu will allow our passengers to stretch their travel dollars a little further and encourage them to explore the dining options at our airport," said Clarence LeJeune, president of the Philadelphia Marketplace Food & Shops.
Retail operations at the airport are managed by MarketPlace Development Inc., a Newton, Mass.-based retail-development firm. A similar discounting program is being offered at New York's LaGuardia Airport, whose retail operations are also handled by Marketplace Development. (Philadelphia Business Journal, 5/18/09)
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