News release: “The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economics and Statistics Administration today released two new reports: one that defines and measures the size and scope of the green economy and another that looks at the ways in which the American economy’s greenhouse gas emissions have changed over the past decade. Together, they provide valuable analytic tools needed to understand the emerging green economy, quantify greenhouse gas emissions and help inform future policy decisions…The first of the two reports, Measuring the Green Economy, provides an important initial step toward measuring the size and composition of the emerging green economy and the number of green jobs it has created…The second report, U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Intensities Over Time, shows that, while significant work remains in curtailing greenhouse emissions, a large number of economic sectors have indeed become more energy and carbon dioxide (CO2) efficient — particularly the manufacturing sector.”