{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140112002029/http://www.brown.senate.gov:80/newsroom/press/release/sen-brown-national-labor-environmental-and-progressive-leaders-release-report-outlining-us-and-ohio-potential-for-job-growth-in-clean-energy-manufacturing", "Sen. Brown, National Labor, Environmental, and Progressive Leaders Release Report Outlining U.S. and Ohio Potential for Job Growth in Clean Energy Manufacturing", "2013-12-10", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Sherrod Brown", "B000944", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Brown Releases Study on Number of Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs in Every Region of Ohio; Cities with Most Green Manufacturing Jobs  \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tTuesday, December 10, 2013\n            \n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) held a news conference call to release a report that outlines Ohio\u2019s potential for job growth and development as home to the fifth most green jobs in the nation. Ohio\u2019s clean energy economy has added jobs at a much faster rate than the state\u2019s overall economy. That is why Brown called for the United States to utilize its strength as an innovator at both the state and local levels so that it can compete with countries like China that are quickly cornering the environmental technology market and the jobs that come with it.\n\u201cWe can\u2019t replace a dependence on foreign oil for a dependence on foreign-made clean energy components,\u201d Brown said. \u201cToday\u2019s report shows how investing in the competitiveness of America\u2019s clean energy industry can create jobs, lower costs for consumers, and boost exports.\u201d\nThe report, The Green Industrial Revolution and the United States, examines the nation\u2019s potential for growth in this industry and answers the question, \u201cIn the Clean Energy Race, Is the United States a Leader or a Luddite?\u201d The report found that the United States has funded its energy efficiency, biofuel, and solar technologies more than any other country in the world in 2011, and continued to lead in the venture capital investment sector. American public and private research and development (R&D), in fact, accounted for 30 percent of the world total that year. China, however, has quickly gained ground due to its own investments and currently has 25 percent of the world\u2019s renewable energy capacity, more than any other nation.\nWhile the U.S. trade deficit with China was responsible for the loss of some 2.7 million American jobs between 2001 and 2011 (nearly 77 percent in manufacturing), the U.S. exported $1.63 billion more in clean energy goods and services than it imported with China. The report found that while China is able to compete with other nations through low-wage labor that drives down the costs of its products, the U.S. competes with other nations with higher-skilled, and more advanced manufacturing jobs that produce components not made elsewhere. If the U.S. chooses to utilize its strengths, and commit to being the world\u2019s leader in renewable energy, it can produce more clean energy goods that would help close the trade deficit and bring more manufacturing jobs back home.\nJoining Brown on the call to discuss the report and what it means for the U.S. economy was Robert Borosage, the Founder and President of the Institute for America\u2019s Future and a member of the BlueGreen Alliance Advisory Board; and Kate Gordon, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP).\n\u201cCommerce is uniquely suited to help this regional approach blossom and should take an ambitious role in helping to lead the efforts to secure America\u2019s global leadership in the green industrial revolution,\u201d Borosage said. \u201cThe rest of the world isn\u2019t standing by idly while the green industrial revolution happens. A regional approach\u2014with proactive action at the national level\u2014will ensure that we win the race for the family-sustaining jobs and other economic and environmental benefits that the clean economy brings.\u201d\n\u201cWe\u2019ve seen great successes here at the national level in the U.S.\u2014including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act\u2014but our real strength will come from coordinated regional action,\u201d Gordon said. \u201cA one-size fits all approach for everyone won\u2019t cut it. By implementing a regional strategy, we\u2019ll have policies and investments that make sense for the regions.\u201d\nFinally, Brown released regional specific information on the number of clean energy jobs in Ohio and highlighted the state\u2019s cities with the largest number of green manufacturing jobs. In total, Ohio has more than 137,000 green jobs, fifth most in the nation. While Ohio\u2019s economy lost nearly 350,000 jobs between 2007 and 2010, Ohio\u2019s clean economy increased by 8.5 percent in that same period. Contributing to this is Ohio\u2019s alternative energy portfolio standard, which was established in 2008, by mandating that 12.5 percent of the state\u2019s electricity must come from renewable sources by 2025. This has helped to drive renewable energy job growth, and as of October 2013, Ohio has 35 utility-scale solar facilities in operation, and 68 more under development.\nIn August, Brown and U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013, bipartisan legislation which would establish a Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NMI) to position the United States once again as the global leader in advanced manufacturing. The bill would ensure that the U.S. can out-innovate the rest of the world while creating thousands of high-paying, high-tech manufacturing jobs. Brown and Blunt worked together to pass a bipartisan amendment to the Senate Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 aimed at supporting the creation of a network of manufacturing innovation hubs.\nIn June, as the U.S.-China trade deficit continues to widen, Brown introduced the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2013, bipartisan legislation that would reform and enhance oversight of currency exchange rates. Specifically, the bill would use U.S. trade law to counter the economic harm to U.S. manufacturers caused by currency manipulation, and provide consequences for countries that fail to adopt appropriate policies to eliminate currency misalignment.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140112002029/http://www.brown.senate.gov:80/newsroom/press/release/sen-brown-national-labor-environmental-and-progressive-leaders-release-report-outlining-us-and-ohio-potential-for-job-growth-in-clean-energy-manufacturing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.268899068236351, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}