If you happen to live in California, the Environmental Defense Fund has a great resource for you, the Green Jobs Guidebook – a resource for job seekers in California’s new green economy. Because California is a little ahead of the pack in regards to new environmental and energy laws plus eco-policies there are some new green job opportunities in California.

The guidebook covers the following.

Profiles of 200 green jobs that are currently available in California
Details on 45 job types for high school grads, many paying over $25 per hour
Information on job training and placement programs
Listings of apprenticeship programs

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Up until last month, President Bush had been seen as strongly opposed to any “cap and trade” legislation. But a recent CNN article reports that he may be shifting his stance on global warming and what he and his Administration are willing to do about it. In a speech he gave in early April, he
proposed a new target…for stopping the growth of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. …read more