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percent while overall jobs declined 2.2 percentg in the state between 1998and 2007, according to new researc h by the . Ohio was part of a nationapl trend that saw job growth in the cleah energy economy outperforming overall job growth in 38 states and the Districty of Columbia between 1998and 2007. Nationally, jobs in the clean energu economy grew at a rateof 9.1 percent whilde total jobs grew by only 3.7 percent over the same In 2007, there were more than 35,250o jobs in Ohio’s clean energy economyt – about the same as at , the state’s largest employer.
Pew’s report is titledf “The Clean Energy Repowering Jobs, Businesses and Investments Across It attempts to present a clea definition of the clean energy economt and conduct a count across all 50 statezs ofthe jobs, companies and venture capital investments that supply it. “Ohio’s cleabn energy sector has been a brighyt spot in an otherwisedifficult economy,” said Tom Ohio representative for the Pew Environment Group, in a press release. He added that Ohio attractec morethan $74 million in clean technologu venture capital in the last three years.