Green jobs in the Rust Belt
Add comment November 12th, 2008
While auto workers and steel guys are being dumped out of formerly lucrative and lifelong jobs, the question is: Can the green energy boom (aka, wind turbine construction) fill the void? Depends on whom you ask, according to this NPR story. Even though it’s based in Ohio, I think the same issues are at play in the Rock River Valley. It all comes down to skills and salaries.
