5 Metropolitan Areas Where Green Jobs and Latino Workers Meet

By EHS Today

A new report from the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) puts the spotlight on five U.S. metropolitan areas where green economies and the Latino work force meet: Knoxville, Tenn.; McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas; Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Ark.; Albuquerque, N.M.; and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.

NCLR’s report, Bright Green: Five Metropolitan Areas Where the Latino Workforce and the Clean Economy Overlap, compares the education and occupation profiles of Latinos and green jobs and stresses that the benefits of emerging green industries extend beyond a healthier environment.

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