| California energy officials have created a Website | | | | economy grows in this time of deficit budgets, |
| devoted to green jobs. | | | | penny-pinching and fighting over California's |
| The site describes 48 training programs that are | | | | landmark greenhouse gases law, but colleges and |
| offered by workforce investment boards, | | | | high schools are moving forward. At West Hills |
| community colleges, labor and trade organizations | | | | Community College in Coalinga, students learned |
| and private industry. There are links to workshops | | | | to install solar panels, with 70 of them finding |
| and to industry and employment reports. People | | | | work on a 40-acre solar farm in Mendota, on the |
| also can can register to receive e-mail alerts on | | | | west side of Fresno County. |
| items related to green energy. | | | | High schools also are getting into the act. |
| Worldwide, about 2.3 million people are employed | | | | Buchanan High School in Clovis is debuting an |
| directly or indirectly in renewable energy, | | | | energy academy this year. It exposes students |
| according to the independent research | | | | to renewable energy and features wind turbines, |
| Worldwatch Institute. In California, the figure is | | | | solar panels, floor heating and water storage from |
| about 433,000 workers, or 3.4% of the labor | | | | rain runoff to irrigate a rooftop garden. |
| force. | | | | Edison High School in Fresno, New Energy |
| Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger believes | | | | Academy in Stockton and Independence High |
| green-energy jobs will grow, and the new | | | | School in Bakersfield are developing |
| Website is part of what he says is the largest | | | | renewable-energy programs in cooperation with |
| state-sponsored green jobs training program in | | | | Pacific Gas & Electric. |
| the nation. | | | | "Green energy is a growing field that is critical to |
| "The (Website) is a showcase for the training | | | | turn the tide on climate change. I am excited that |
| program in which government and private | | | | California students in these programs will be |
| industry are coming together to make our state a | | | | learning about technologies that can help the entire |
| leader in the new, sustainable economy," he said. | | | | planet," said State Superintendent of Education |
| It remains to be seen how fast the green | | | | Jack O'Connell. |