Clean energy has potential to create hundreds of jobs in SE Michigan

People have been screaming it for months now. Clean and alternative energy could put a huge dent in the unemployment number by supplying hundreds of jobs to out of work Michiganders. And here is another one of those screams.

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Hundreds of jobs could be created in Southeast Michigan and more than 3 million nationally if President-elect Barack Obama earmarks $150 billion toward clean energy technology, according to a report released Tuesday by Dearborn-based Environment Michigan.

"Our nation can no longer afford the toll dirty energy is exacting on our environment and economy," said Shelley Vinyard, environmental associate at Environment Michigan. "Clean energy can protect our environment and rev our economic engine to generate a brighter future for Michigan."

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