Excerpts from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:

"As the Blue Green Alliance points out, such jobs aren't necessarily something new, although they could be.

"Electricians, steam fitters, plumbers, sheet metal workers and heating, ventilation and air conditioning workers will be needed to retrofit buildings to make them more energy efficient.

"Steelworkers will be needed to build the blades and towers needed for wind turbines and the stainless steel needed for biomass refineries.

"Workers will be needed to erect the turbines and to install solar panels; engineers and researchers will be needed to further develop and capitalize on technologies such as biofuels and biomass. 

"According to a report released in June by the alliance, increased investment in energy efficiency and alternative fuels would benefit more than 340,000 Wisconsin workers, ranging from bus dispatchers to chemical engineers. The report identified 45 occupations expected to be more attractive because of six "clean-energy" strategies."

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