Until recently, most people had never heard of "green-collar jobs." Yet the phrase is suddenly on policymakers' tongues. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has spoken out for such jobs. So has Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.). Last year, incoming Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis introduced a [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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