Millions of Green Jobs

Throughout the U.S. presidential campaign, the Democratic candidates tried to top each other with promises of green jobs that would revitalize broken economies in the heartland and get America off of foreign oil. Because green jobs are a relatively new concept, there have been few, if any political consequences for boldly touting them during policy pitches.
Barack Obama's energy plan, for example, will supposedly create five million "Green Collar Jobs" by investing billions in renewable energy, efficiency measures, home weatherizations, tighter emissions standards and "clean coal" technology. Mr. Obama is currently pledging gree....