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&lt;p&gt;Another study, this time attempted by the research teams at the University of California-Berkeley, Yale and Illinois, predicts that a &quot;robust climate change bill&quot; can mean boosting our GDP by $111 billion by 2020. And if action to roll out emission cap-and-trade schemes and adopting green technologies is accelerated, this could lead to as many as between 918,000 to 1.9 million U.S. jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also angling for the consumer, the study also reveals that average household income stands to grow by between $488 and $1,176 annually as a direct result of the bill. The study was commissioned by Ceres, which is a group of green investors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tellingly, though, the predictions rest on some conditions that are a while from being met including requiring all US utility companies to generate at least 20 percent of electricity through renewable resources by 2020. Let&#39;s also not forget the accelerated rate of investment this will require in clean technologies. While GE has taken the lead in this, the goal is far from realization.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course if investors were willing, our unemployment rate would be much lower today, wouldn&#39;t it? Oh well, here&#39;s to more research studies and positive predictions. If  only ... &lt;/p&gt;

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