Strickland Signs Energy Bill, Ohio Poised for Massive Job Growth if Carbon Market Capped, Experts, Employers Say 5/02/2008

COLUMBUS, OHIO: Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland Thursday signed into law the state’s new energy bill, which while everyone says it will lead to higher energy prices in the near term will also pave the way for what a panel of economists, energy experts and advanced-energy employers said could lead to massive job growth if action to turn the tide on global warming is addressed now through a marketplace system for reducing carbon emissions known as cap and trade.