As it stands, the green economy in New Hampshire is growing, but
still lackluster. According to a Brookings Institution study
released in July of 2011, from 2003 to 2010, New Hampshire’s
green jobs industry grew at an average of 3.5 percent a year,
outpacing the rest of New England. But the result of that growth
was lackluster. Only two percent of the state’s workforce holds
down a green job, which places New Hampshire square in the
middle of the national average. Solar power is one of NH's
growing green industries. There’s a lot of disagreement about
what, exactly, a “green job” is. The Brookings report notes this
lack of consensus is one of the reasons it’s difficult to
measure national and regional growth. But there is broad
agreement that the green economy encompasses renewable energy
and technology, environmentally-friendly products manufacturing,
and other activities that either benefit the environment, or at
least don’t harm it. Some of the most promising sectors
developing in New Hampshire focus on de