Green Jobs

Proposal 3 in Michigan (for Renewable Energy) Gets Bill Clinton Support

Backers of Proposal 3 might not have the spending power of the state’s largest utilities. But they now have a major heavy hitter on their side: Bill Clinton. “Proposal 3 is Michigan’s best opportunity this year to jumpstart the state’s economy by creating 94,000 jobs and increasing the use of renewable energy,” Clinton said in a statement. “Proposal 3 invests in Michigan’s future so that it won’t get left behind by the 30 other states that are already creating new clean energy jobs and lowering consumers’ electricity costs. That’s why I’m so proud to endorse Proposal 3.” […]

Clean Energy Atlanta Program to Offer Up to $200M for Building Retrofits

  Ygrene Energy Fund, a provider of clean energy finance projects, has announced that Invest Atlanta, the economic development authority of Atlanta, voted to release $200 million of energy retfrofit funds via the Clean Energy Atlanta program. These funds will be available to both multi-family residential building owners and commercial ones as well. The program is expected to create up … [continued]

UK Must Target Policies to Promote Renewables, Big Clean Energy Companies Pulling Out of UK…

  A WWF-UK funded paper published Tuesday made it clear that the UK government must target policies to promote renewable energy solutions in an effort to reduce the country’s carbon footprint and increase investor confidence in the country’s renewable industry. The report, “On picking winners: The need for targeted support for … [continued]