The Center for American Progress is a think-tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through thoughts and ideas, which will hopefully spur action. They released a top five list of cities to go for the green jobs. Detroit was one of them.
Excerpt from the Center for American Progress:
There's good news for Detroit despite Michigan's 15.3 percent
unemployment rate. Department of Energy green technology grants to fund
factories and create green jobs will tap into the Motor City's skilled
automotive workforce to bring hybrid and electric technology to the
forefront of the American auto industry. Michigan had already created
more than 22,000 clean-tech jobs by 2007, and the new federal grants
will make those numbers grow. Automotive companies not based in Detroit
have recently opened hubs in the city, and a mechanical engineer
working on plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles in Detroit can expect
to make $63,600 median pay with a bachelor's degree,
reports Clean Edge.
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