Green Energy Gives Growing Opportunities To Latinos, Report Says

Green Energy Gives Growing Opportunities To Latinos
A picture taken on September 16, 2012 shows wind turbines near Lezignan, southern France. AFP PHOTO PHOTO / PASCAL PAVANI (Photo credit should read PASCAL PAVANI/AFP/GettyImages)
A picture taken on September 16, 2012 shows wind turbines near Lezignan, southern France. AFP PHOTO PHOTO / PASCAL PAVANI (Photo credit should read PASCAL PAVANI/AFP/GettyImages)

Latinos are contributing to the country’s rapidly growing “green” economies, according to a report the National Council of La Raza.

These green economies, according to the United Nations Environment Program, are driven by growth in income and employment “by public and private investments that reduce carbon emissions and pollution, enhance energy and resource efficiency.”

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