WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Michigan ranks among the top 10 states for clean energy and clean transportation job announcements, the Environmental Entrepreneurs will announce Thursday.

In alphabetical order, the top 10 states for clean energy and clean transportation job announcements to be ranked for Q2 2014 are: Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, and Utah. (The actual ranking will be disclosed on Thursday.)

News event speakers will include:

Bob Keefe, executive director, Environmental Entrepreneurs.

Nancy C. Floyd, managing director, Nth Power.

Jonathan Foster, CFO, Nexant.

John Cheney, CEO and founder, Silverado Power.

Environmental Entrepreneurs is a national, non-partisan group of business leaders, investors and others who promote smart environmental policies that drive economic growth. Its members, active in nearly every state in the country, have built or financed more than 1,700 companies that have created more than 570,000 jobs, and manage more than $100 billion in venture and private equity capital.