Kasey Baker
Van Jones, the writer and advocate, is widely credited with introducing the term 'green jobs' into common use.
Seven years ago, New York State was poised for a so-called green jobs revolution. That didn’t exactly happen. Jobs did come, but only a fraction of what was predicted. And it wasn’t just local leaders who were making these promises; it was coming from all levels of government, nonprofits and the private sector.
In fact, green jobs have been created, but not in the way that anyone expected. Hear what happened:
