Stimulus expected to add jobs to build new energy system

WASHINGTON


It’s difficult to put precise numbers on how many new green jobs to expect. Government economists use a formula to figure out how a fiscal stimulus translates into jobs, but uncertainties remain. Some of the results will depend on decisions that the Department of Energy and the states make about how to spend the money.

Even so, it’s possible to look at the big picture and see how the environmental spending can create some jobs in the hard-hit manufacturing and construction sectors.

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