Former White House aide says 'green' stimulus created 720K jobs

UPDATED 16:29 PM EST, January 9, 2013
Joseph Aldy, a former special assistant to President Obama's for energy and environment policy, defended the $90 billion invested in green stimulus in a research paper, saying the policy reduced emissions and created 720,000 jobs, The Hill reports.
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