Green jobs in the Rust Belt

November 12th, 2008 at 08:41am Jennie Pollock

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.

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