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Evergreen jobs

Washington guv highlights green-jobs potential of climate action 2
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
Washington state has already surpassed its ambitious goal for creating green jobs, and the rest of the country could see similar results if Congress passes strong energy and climate legislation, Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) told the Senate.
first nations first

Green Bounty: Historic Navajo green jobs legislation 0
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
Thanks to the work of the Navajo Green Economy Coalition and Navajo Nation Speaker Lawrence T. Morgan, among many others, the Navajo Nation Council voted to create the Navajo Green Economy Commission on July 21st.
Letter from Europe

Britain’s Labour government places big bet on low-carbon future 2
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
Gordon Brown's government unveiled a plan last week detailing how Britain would develop a low-carbon economy, multiply many fold its use of renewable energy, and achieve one of the world's most ambitious targets for cutting emissions of carbon dioxide.
Green Jobs, Green Justice

NAACP resolves to fight climate change 1
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
The NAACP celebrated its centennial last week by jumping into the policy debate over global warming.
From this VantagePoint

Silicon Valley VC sees bright future for green tech—and a need to engage policy makers 6
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
VantagePoint Venture Partners is making big bets on green tech by funding nearly two dozen startups involved in everything from LED lighting to algae biofuels to water to the smart grid. CEO Alan Salzman talks about what his firm sees ahead.
I'll be NBCC'ing you

Racism allegations mar Senate hearing on clean energy economy 33
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Thursday's Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on climate change blew up into an argument over race between Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and the chairman of the National Black Chamber of Commerce.
Green jobs: debunking the debunkers 5
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
In response to my recent article digging into green jobs, a reader sent me a copy of a March paper by Andrew Morriss et al at University of Illinois that attempts to debunk green jobs myths. While I see major flaws in most green jobs papers I read, many of the myths cited by this paper are irrelevant to what I consider the most important questions.
Not all green jobs are created equal 2
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
The stimulus package and the climate bill recently passed by the US House and now being considered in the Senate will create jobs while delivering a boost to our economy. A "green" stimulus will create approximately three times as many jobs as the same amount of spending in traditional energy industries. But clean energy is too diverse to consider a single industry. What are the differential jobs creation effects of different types of clean energy and are the most effective sectors getting the most money?
TV Ad: Tell Congress to Pass Obama Green Jobs Energy Bill 0
Posted 5 months ago
ACES will help create more jobs and opportunities for low-income families—see map 0
Posted 5 months ago
The American Clean Energy and Security Act will help spur $150 billion in clean energy investments, which will create 1.7 million good-paying jobs throughout the United States.
Don't staple a pink slip to their diploma

5,400 students currently training for solar jobs in California 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
At least 5,400 Californians are training to enter the solar industry with one of 27 solar training service providers, according to a survey we just conducted.
Green jobs, green future: Van Jones takes your questions 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
The House Doctors Are In

Symptom: High utility bills; Diagnosis: Full energy efficiency workup 4
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Meet the "greenup" team from Sustainable Spaces, a four-year-old San Francisco firm that conducts residential energy audits and energy efficiency retrofits to shrink a home's carbon footprint while saving the owner money over the long haul.
A walk through the week's climate news

The Climate Post: Gimme your wallet–or else the forest here gets it 2
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Obama administration this week released a 196-page plain-language report that describes predicted future impacts of climate change on the U.S. The report comes during a week of inconclusive negotiation among key House lawmakers on climate legislation, and as the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passes what could be the third energy bill in four years. "Green jobs" start to wear a human face.
Blue-green streak

Labor teams up with enviros to pass climate bill and promote green jobs 1
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The economic crisis and the climate crisis have united unions and environmentalists as never before, as they push for a new, positive vision: a vibrant green economy. Can the blue-green partnership help get climate legislation passed?
This blows

Renewables industry protests weak RES proposals in Congress 6
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The clean-energy industry says the renewable electricity standards being considered by Congress are way too weak. If the proposals aren't strengthened, the U.S. will lose jobs and economic opportunities to competitors abroad, people in the industry warn.
Antics roadshow

Video highlights from the GOP’s anti-climate-bill crusade 0
Posted 5 months, 4 weeks ago
House Republicans release a video of their climate and energy roadshow that couldn't be funnier if we'd made it ourselves.
Van Jones on Clean Energy Jobs from “humble hard-working energy efficiency” 0
Posted 6 months ago
The Center for American Progress Action fund had a recent event on clean energy jobs keynoted by Van Jones.
The new auto fuel-efficiency standards — going beyond the headlines 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
The new federal fuel-economy standards proposed by the Obama administration can be one small step along the path to meaningful reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. But it’s also true that the new standards are greatly inferior to other possible approaches.
10 Reasons to Support the Waxman-Markey Energy Bill 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago