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The Clean-Energy Investment Agenda Report
Prime Minister David Cameron, left, speaks at the Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in London on Thursday, April 26, 2012, alongside U.K. Energy Secretary Edward Davey, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.K. Energy Minister Gregory Barker, and India's Deputy Chairman for the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia. (Flickr/<a href=DECCgovuk)" data-srcset="https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/05/global_clean_energy_onpage.jpg?w=610 610w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/05/global_clean_energy_onpage.jpg?w=610 610w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/05/global_clean_energy_onpage.jpg?w=610 610w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/05/global_clean_energy_onpage.jpg?w=500 500w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/05/global_clean_energy_onpage.jpg?w=250 250w" data-sizes="auto" />

The Clean-Energy Investment Agenda

Report from John Podesta, Kate Gordon, Bracken Hendricks, and Benjamin Goldstein puts forward a framework for investing in clean-energy systems and energy efficiency.

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Seven Questions About Green Jobs Article
Duane Robinson install wires during a class on solar panel installation on March 28, 2009 at San Jose City College in San Jose, CA. Green jobs encompass the full range of skill sets and pay scales, and the majority are good-paying, middle-skill jobs accessible to all Americans. (AP/Mathew Sumner)

Seven Questions About Green Jobs

Bracken Hendricks, Andrew Light, and Benjamin Goldstein answer seven common questions about green jobs and explain why they will be the most productive jobs of the future.

Bracken Hendricks, Andrew Light, Benjamin Goldstein

A Green Jobs Primer Report
New hybrid diesel-electric buses sit parked outside the Motor Coach Industries plant in Pembina, North Dakota. This project created hundreds of green jobs for engineers, plant workers, bus drivers, and others. (AP/Will Kincaid)

A Green Jobs Primer

Bracken Hendricks, Andrew Light, and Benjamin Goldstein explain the basics of green jobs, including what green jobs are and how they improve the economy.

Bracken Hendricks, Andrew Light, Benjamin Goldstein

Retiring Old Cars, Creating New Jobs Article
Sales manager Mark Hranicky holds up a bunch of keys to some of the 90 cars that were traded in under the Cash for Clunkers program on a lot at Lee Toyota in Topsham, ME. (AP/Pat Wellenbach)

Retiring Old Cars, Creating New Jobs

Incentives to get old cars off the road and energy-efficient cars off the lot would stimulate the economy, argue Bracken Hendricks and Benjamin Goldstein.

Bracken Hendricks, Benjamin Goldstein

A Green Prosperity Path Article
A sea of solar panels powers city facilities in Rifle, CO. To help spur growth and reduce oil use, a Renewable Electricity Standard could be created that requires utilities to generate 20 percent of their electricity from renewables. (AP/David Zalubowski)

A Green Prosperity Path

Bracken Hendricks, Daniel J. Weiss, and Benjamin Goldstein detail a plan for clean energy and economic stabilization, stimulus, recovery, and growth.

Bracken Hendricks, Daniel J. Weiss, Benjamin Goldstein

Investing in a Green Economy Report
Cap-and-trade programs, currently under debate, could provide much-needed revenue to help the transition to a low-carbon economy if they auction permits rather than giving them away for free to polluters. (AP)

Investing in a Green Economy

Report shows that auction revenue from cap-and-trade programs would provide much-needed revenue to help the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Kit Batten, Benjamin Goldstein, Bracken Hendricks