If federal legislators are in all that much of a hurry to create new jobs, they could hopscotch over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline and lend some more support to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agency has just announced a new round of funding for 450 “shovel ready” energy … [continued]
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The EPA this week launched a new initiative to boost U.S. jobs and increase environmental tech exports. Here’s the full announcement from the EPA: [This week] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Department of Commerce Secretary John E. Bryson announced efforts to launch an environmental technology … [continued]
After pouring more than $8.4 million into bogus energy attack ads since November, the oil industry front group Americans For Prosperity announced yet another major ad buy of $6.1 million in eight states. […]
It’s time to take back the narrative about clean energy. Since the bankruptcy of a few high-profile clean energy companies, political opponents and media pundits have tried to label the entire industry a failure. This is a gross distortion of the on-the-ground reality — and it shows how disconnected … [continued]
Nearly 140 clean energy projects were announced in the first quarter of 2012, and these projects could create up to 46,000 jobs across the United States.
The Treasury 1603 grant program– a renewable energy subsidy–was a key strut that kept the US renewable energy growing and creating green jobs in the wake of the near collapse of the US financial system and recession of 2008-2009. This should go a long way towards putting paid to Republican rhetorical diatribe about federal support for clean energy development and job creation, though it almost certainly won’t.
The first 50-MW of a planned 450-MW solar power project in Mexico’s Baja California is to come from CPV technology developed by San Jose’s SolFocus. The solar power project– by far the largest in Mexico announced to date– provides further evidence of Mexico’s growing commitment to fostering economic and employment growth by developing its renewable energy resources and making use of its natural resources in more environmentally and socially sustainable ways.
Green jobs employed 3.1 million people across the United States in 2010, reported the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Thursday.
Green job creation, as well as clean energy generation, is a focal point in evaluating 2nd-round bids for developing renewable energy projects in South Africa as the government aims for renewable energy resources to meet 42% of the nation’s electricity needs by 2030.
