A major new study shows that hundreds of thousands of new American jobs in the wind, solar, biomass, waste-to-energy and hydropower industries would be created through a 25% by 2025 national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES). The "Job Impacts of a National Renewable Electricity Standard" study, conducted by independent firm Navigant Consulting and released by the RES Alliance for Jobs, found that a 25% by 2025 national RES would support an additional 274,000 renewable energy jobs - the equivalent of a cumulative 2.36 million job-years of work -- over a no-national policy option. The study emphasizes that while tax credits continue to play a critically important role in preserving the viability of existing facilities, an RES is needed in order to support both near- and long-term investments. To read the report, visit www.res-alliance.org/res-jobs-study.  A backgrounder can be downloaded here.