Former President Bill Clinton says green energy can grow the nation’s economy

Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday pushed for retrofitting aging buildings to make them more energy efficient and promoted alternative sources of energy as a way to create jobs and grow the economy. For example, Clinton touted subsidies for solar usage in Germany for creating 300,000 jobs and said as many as 2.5 million could be created in the U.S. under a similar program. For every $1 billion invested in such industries as solar and wind, thousands of jobs are created, Clinton said.