3,454 new, permanent green jobs were directly created under the federal green-tech program. The Obama administration had promised that the $38.6 billion loan guarantee program would create or save 65,000 job. The two-year old effort by the Energy Department, designed to jump-start the nation’s clean technology industry by giving energy companies access to low-cost, government-backed loans, has given out almost half the allocated amount, according to government records.
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