Patrick Heffernan’s scientific contributions

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Jobs and the Environment
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January 1975

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Patrick Heffernan

Environmental standards and programs, rather than eliminating jobs, are currently significant sources of employment and will become major generators of new jobs in the next few years. The number of jobs created to renew and protect the environment topped one million in 1975 and may double by 1976. (BT)

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... The term 'green-collar' was introduced by Patrick Heffernan (1975), and is increasingly used in both political and economic circles to discuss how new approaches to sustainability could both lower the unemployment rate and decrease human energy usage (Hatfield-Dodds et al. 2008;Jones and Conrad 2008;Pinderhughes 2008). Pinderhughes defines green-collar jobs as: ...

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Crafting environmental policies into action: Energy consulting practices of craftspeople
Jobs and the Environment
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  • January 1975