Greenpeace: Renewables could create 30% more jobs

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In a new report released on 14 September, Greenpeace claims that OECD Europe's switching from traditional energy (including nuclear) to renewables and energy efficiency could create 30% more jobs in the energy sector by 2020. This would be in addition to avoiding over 470 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. Greenpeace claims there would be a total of 854,000 jobs in the energy sector, compared to 1.2 million if OECD Europe adopts renewables and energy efficiency.rn"For each job lost in the coal and nuclearrnsectors in Europe, seven jobs would be created in renewable energy and energy efficiency over the next ten years," said Frauke Thies, Greenpeace's EU energy expert. She called on European leaders to trigger an energy "revolution" supporting and re-training people affected by the technology shift. "Postponing climate action is prolonging the economic recession and cheating us out of thousands of jobs," Thies argued. Despite the fact that the bulk of EU subsidies, for instance as in the European economic recovery plan, went on traditional energies, Thies remains optimistic.