claim: "over 3 million americans are employed in the growing green-collar workforce," which is more than the number "of people working in the fossil fuel industry."
author: tammy baldwin
evidence_1: jan 22, 2014 ... over three million americans are employed in the growing green collar workforce , including in clean energy and sustainability, which is more than the amount of  people working in the fossil fuel industry, and twice as many as ...
evidence_2: "over 3 million americans are employed in the growing green-collar workforce,"  which is more than the number "of people working in the fossil fuel industry.".
evidence_3: sightline report • green-collar jobs • october 2009. 3. contents. summary . ...  dollar for dollar, clean energy creates more jobs than fossil fuels. 2. ... the us  federal stimulus efforts are already providing hundreds of millions of dollars to ...  the growing number of jobs focused on sustainable products or services:  electricians.
evidence_4: jan 25, 2017 ... in the united states, more people were employed in solar power than ... during  the same period, electricity generation from natural gas increased 33 percent  while solar ... to the report, with 55%, or 1.1 million, working with fossil fuels. ...  solar energy added 73,615 new jobs to the u.s. economy over the ...
evidence_5: green collar jobs have grown due to recent increasing demands for eco-friendly  jobs. in addition to rising commercial interests in the green collar industry, the ...  of the green economy) creates more jobs than the fossil-fuel energy sector. ... by  2030, there will be an estimated 40 million jobs in the growing renewable-energy  ...