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percent while overall jobs declined 2.2 percent in the state betweem 1998and 2007, according to new researcu by the . Ohio was part of a national trenrd that saw job growth in the cleajn energy economy outperforming overall job growth in 38 states and the Districty of Columbia between 1998and 2007. Nationally, jobs in the clean energy 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 35,250 jobs in Ohio’x clean energy economy – about the same as at , the state’sd largest employer.
Pew’s report is titled “The Clean Energy Economy: Repowering Jobs, Businesses and Investment s Across America.” It attempts to present a clear definitionm of the clean energy economy and conduct a count across all 50 states of the companies and venture capital investments thatsupply it. “Ohio’s clean energuy sector has been a bright spot in an otherwisesdifficult economy,” said Tom Ohio representative for the Pew Environment Group, in a press release.
He addedf that Ohio attracted morethan $74 milliobn in clean technology venture capital in the last three