OIL AND GAS COMPANIES FACE COMPETITION FOR KEY PERSONNEL FROM GROWING GREEN SECTOR
March 1st, 2009
BY ANDREW CAVE
GREEN is the colour for many future oil and gas industry jobs, according to a recent study predicting that environment-friendly energy will not only tackle the world's energy crisis but also create millions of new jobs worldwide.
Green Jobs, published by the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington DC-based research organisation, says the renewable sector and its supplier industries already employ at least 2.3 million people worldwide, including about 300,000 workers in the wind power industry, 170,000 in solar photovoltaics and 600,000 in the solar ...
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