Gordon, K., J. Hays, B. Hendricks, J. Walsh, and S. White. Green Collar Jobs in America’s Cities: Building Pathways Out of Poverty and Careers in the Clean Energy Economy. COWS, 2008.
Produced by the Apollo Alliance and Green For All, in partnership with COWS and Center for American Progress, Green Collar Jobs in America’s Cities makes a strong case that pursuing a four-step strategy—essentially a metropolitan green business and jobs development plan—provides a wealth of environmental, economic, and social benefits, including what it calls “a pathway out of poverty” for thousands of unemployed, under-employed, and hard to employ people in disadvantaged neighborhoods.