Published in The Portsmouth Herald

By David Anderson

What is a green job? It's a question economists have struggled to answer for years, but one thing is certain: There are a lot of them in New England.

A 2011 study by the Brookings Institute estimated the number of green jobs in New Hampshire at 12,866; 12,212 in Maine; and 43,207 in Massachusetts.

Those numbers seemed low to Sarah Brown, who, as director of the Portsmouth-based Green Alliance, works closely with 98 local green businesses to promote sustainable products and services to the greater Seacoast.

"We keep track of how many people work at each local green business we certify for sustainability," Brown said.

After some quick work on her calculator, Brown estimated that the nearly 100 businesses in the Green Alliance employ about 1,851 people…

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