The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on
Green Jobs
Green jobs (green-collar jobs, sustainability jobs, eco jobs or environmental jobs) are, according to the United Nations Environment Program, "work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development (R&D), administrative, and serv ...
and the New Economy was a subcommittee of the
U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jurisdiction
According to the Committee's website:
:''Responsibility for issues related to job creation through the development and deployment of “green” technologies and practices. Issues also include federal investment in technologies and practices that reduce the government’s
carbon footprint
A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, service, place or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). Greenhouse gases, including the carbon-containing gases carbo ...
or the emission of other pollutants, including technologies and practices that enhance energy efficiency, conservation, or renewable power sources.''
Members,
114th Congress
The 114th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States of America federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from Ja ...
References
External links
Official Subcommittee page
See also
{{United States congressional committees
Environment and Public Works Green Jobs and the New Economy