Here’s How Green Energy Could Create Millions of Jobs

Republicans often target clean energy policies as “job killers.” But are they really? Not at all, says Robert Pollin, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Pollin believes transitioning to a renewable energy economy could actually create millions of jobs, grow the economy and help save the planet.

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