{"id":7,"date":"2009-09-03T10:31:13","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T09:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2009-09-08T17:48:34","modified_gmt":"2009-09-08T16:48:34","slug":"britain-red-alert-on-the-perils-of-green-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/2009\/09\/03\/britain-red-alert-on-the-perils-of-green-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Global: Red alert on the perils of green jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/images\/h107electricalrecylcling.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Photo: Jawad Qasrawi\" width=\"553\" height=\"272\" \/><br \/>\nRecycling, clean energy, energy conservation \u2013 we\u2019ve been told to expect a \u201cgreen jobs\u201d bonanza. But a spate of fatalities and poisonings in the sector show more work needs to be done to make the jobs as good for workers as they are for the environment, according to a new report from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\"><em>Hazards<\/em> magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It says depending who you believe, the green industries gold rush could result in anything from 400,000 to well over 1 million new \u201cgreen collar\u201d jobs in the UK. It warns, however, that far from being our economic and employment salvation, left to its own devices the green economy could deliver the same unhealthy mix of hire-and-fire, poison-and-pain jobs that remain a blight on the reputational landscape of the not-so-green economy. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t paranoia. It\u2019s already happening, and it is happening on a grand scale,\u201d the report says. It points to recent fatalities, poisonings and occupational disease outbreaks in UK green firms to illustrate the point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreating good green jobs is not something that will happen by accident,\u201d it concludes. \u201cBad jobs are not a green solution for the UK. It will take a concerted union effort to make sure the green jobs agenda doesn\u2019t save the environment but cost lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights problems from traditional hazards like falls from heights and toxic chemicals, and from the use of novel substances and technologies where risks might not yet be fully apparent. A new \u2018safe jobs, green jobs\u2019 web resource provides pointers on how to avoid potential pitfalls.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0See the full feature: <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/greencollared.htm\">Green collared<\/a>, Hazards magazine, number 107, summer 2009. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/\">Safe jobs, green jobs web resource<\/a> \u2022 15 August 2009<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recycling, clean energy, energy conservation \u2013 we\u2019ve been told to expect a \u201cgreen jobs\u201d bonanza. But a spate of fatalities and poisonings in the sector show more work needs to be done to make the jobs as good for workers as they are for the environment, according to a new report from Hazards magazine. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}