COPENHAGEN (AP) -- The
organizers of a global business summit on climate change say
millions of new jobs
would be created in the U.S. alone by relying
almost entirely on renewable or low-carbon sources of
electricity.
The Copenhagen Climate Council
study says the U.S. would gain 2 million jobs if its
electricity use grew by just
half of 1 percent a year and a
quarter of all its electricity came from wind energy and
other clean sources.
EU Commission President Jose Manuel
Barroso says similar investments could produce a million new
jobs in Europe
since "change also brings big
economic opportunities."
Barroso spoke at the second day a
summit where CEOs of major world businesses are focusing on
how to help
politicians negotiate a new
U.N.-administered global climate treaty in Copenhagen in
December to succeed the Kyoto
treaty that expires in 2012.
* John Heilprin, Associated Press Writer
* On Monday May 25, 2009, 4:45 am EDT