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Green investment could bring big results


A big green investment would bring big rewards, according to a new study.

The theoretical $100 billion investment would result in 2 million U.S. jobs over two years.

The Portland Business Journal reports that the study estimates the investment in going green would mean $1.2 billion and 27,000 new jobs to Oregon alone.

The study was prepared by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and the Center for American Progress and backed by labor unions, think tanks and environmental groups.

bizjournals: Report: ‘Green’ investment could add jobs in Oregon

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CRADLE-TO-CRADLE
A phrase invented by Walter R. Stahel in the 1970s and popularized by William McDonough and Michael Braungart in their 2002 book of the same name. This framework seeks to create production techniques that are not just efficient but are essentially waste free. In cradle-to-cradle production all material inputs and outputs are seen either as technical or biological nutrients. Technical nutrients can be recycled or reused with no loss of quality and biological nutrients composted or consumed. By contrast cradle to grave refers to a company taking responsibility for the disposal of goods it has produced, but not necessarily putting products’ constituent components back into service.


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