Colorado in the National Headlines –
“The Color of Money is Green …”

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By Mindy S. Lubber/Ceres

Is the political malaise about climate change getting you down? Take a trip to Colorado, a clean energy hotbed that is creating thousands of new green jobs despite the climate cold war in Washington.

Two dozen business leaders held a Race for American Jobs event in Denver last week, and the stories I heard took my breath away. Watch the video.

I met war veterans that once crawled through attics in Iraq seeking terrorists who are now tracking down air leaks that need insulation in Colorado residents’ attics. Denver-based Veterans Green Jobs has landed more than 100 green jobs for local veterans in the past year alone - and they’re looking to triple that number in 2010.

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