Business of Green: A Special Section

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The lead story in this section, "Millions of Jobs of a Different Collar," explores the novelty of the green-job concept. It sounds like a green-collar job is a blue-collar job that doesn't harm the environment. Some say you can only call a job "green" if it helps the environment, or if it's super-healthy for the worker.

Manufacturing is leaving the U.S. and taking jobs with it. No one has come out against job creation, but some conservative groups say the government shouldn't be pushing the country toward green-ness, even if jobs are created. Others, like the Apollo Alliance, propose creating tax incentives that in turn would create green jobs.

Can anyone say how many such jobs there are (it's in the millions), whether green jobs are net new jobs, or what makes a job green?

Is my job green? Is yours? Comment below...