The “green collar” industry is helping to create jobs in Las Vegas and throughout the State of Nevada.
A recent study by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that Nevada’s clean-energy economy increased faster than other sectors between 1998 and 2007. During that time, the state’s clean-energy industries accounted for a 28.8 percent increase in employment to […]

A new state initiative could help create thousands of environmental jobs in Nevada.
Last week, the Assembly Ways and Means Committee passed Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford’s “green jobs” initiative. The effort would allow the State of Nevada to use stimulus funds to train about 3,200 workers to perform weatherization, energy retrofit applications and energy audits.
According […]