Shaheen-Portman Bill: 172,000 Green Jobs, Huge Energy Efficiency Gains
New analysis finds the Shaheen-Portman energy efficiency bill could create hundreds of thousands of green jobs while dramatically cutting US energy use and emissions by 2030.
New analysis finds the Shaheen-Portman energy efficiency bill could create hundreds of thousands of green jobs while dramatically cutting US energy use and emissions by 2030.
Even though California once again dominates Clean Edge’s annual Clean Tech Leadership Index, clean energy keeps growing in almost every corner of America.
Originally published on ThinkProgress. By Emily Atkin. The Library of Congress via Shutterstock. A comprehensive energy efficiency bill that had previously stalled last year has been reintroduced by the bipartisan duo of U.S. senators who created it — and this time, they think the bill has a real shot of getting … [continued]
Originally published on Skanska. By Skanska USA. Skanska USA’s Beth Heider knows green. As the 2012 chair of the U.S. Green Building Council and our senior vice president of green markets, Heider not only is one of the nation’s foremost green thinkers, but she knows how to translate LEED into smart business solutions. In … [continued]
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This article originally appeared on the website of the NRDC (video added). Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) this week reintroduced bipartisan legislation to speed the transition to a more energy efficient economy and save consumers money by promoting available efficiency technologies for homes, businesses and industrial facilities. … [continued]