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study said Florida was one of 38 states and the Districtg of Columbia in which job growtu in the clean energy economy outperforme overalljob gains. Pew defined a cleanj energy economy as one thatgeneratesz jobs, businesses and investments while expandingh clean energy production, increasing energy efficiency, reducinyg greenhouse gas emissions, waste and pollution, and conservingy water and other natural resources. In Florida, there was a 7.9 percentt increase in clean energy jobsfrom 28,84r5 jobs in 1998 to 31,122 jobs in 2007.
The numbers are a hard counyt ofactual jobs, Pew said in a release, and range from jobs as diverse as plumbers, administrative assistants, construction workers, machine setters, marketing consultants and teacherss with annual incomes ranging from $21,000 to $111,000. jobs in the clean energy industryt grew at a rateof 9.1 percent between 1998 and 2007, while total jobs grew by 3.7 percent in the same the report says. Florida had 3,831q clean energy businesses at the endof 2007, a 22.
7 percentt increase from 3,121 businesses in 1998, the report There were 236 clean energy patentsx in Florida between 1999 and 2008, and venture capital firms invested $117 in cleamn technology in Florida between 2006 and 2008.
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