Green jobs success eludes President Obama

Obama Green Jobs
Obama pledged in 2008 to create 5 million green collar workers within a decade. | AP Photo

Associated Press
By DARREN SAMUELSOHN
6/12/11

President Barack Obama heads to an energy plant in North Carolina on Monday to talk once again about the job-creating power of a green economy.

The catch? Nearly three years into Obama’s presidency, the White House can’t point to much solid evidence that significant numbers of Americans are scoring the green jobs the president has been touting.

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