GreenBiz Charts Creation Of Sustainability Jobs In The VERGE Economy
If you’re looking to map out new job types or a career path in sustainable business, take a look at Greenbiz’s new infographic on “10 Hot Jobs in the VERGE Economy.” […]
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Despite Headwinds, US Clean Energy Industry Continued to Create Jobs in 2Q
The US clean energy industry continued to create green jobs in this year’s second quarter, though looming expiration of the federal tax credit for wind power is already having a dampening effect, according to the latest green jobs study from Environmental Entrepreneurs. […]
Senate Committee Revives Wind Energy Tax Credit; Nuclear-Fueled Exelon Seeks to Squash It
The Senate Finance Committee’s reviving a one-year extension of the federal wind energy tax credit has opponents and supporters lobbying hard. At stake are billions of dollar of wind power projects, equipment sales, and green job creation. […]
Wind Farms Add Nearly $6B, 20K Jobs to Illinois Economy
A study by Illinois State University’s Center for Renewable Energy finds that the state’s 23 largest wind farms create thousands of jobs and boost local economies, adding fuel to calls for Congress to extend the key federal wind energy production tax credit (PTC). […]
Small Business Owners: Federal Clean Energy Investment Creates Jobs, Growth; EPA Emissions Regs a Good…
US small business owners support government clean energy investment, EPA CO2 emissions regulations and ending oil-and-gas industry subsidies, but who’s listening on Capitol Hill?
Expired Treasury Renewable Energy Subsidy Created as Many as 75,000 Green Jobs, $44 Billion in…
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.
Groups Look to Locally Grown Solar Power to Revitalize Ohio Communities
Locally Grown Power and IdealPV are partnering with Mansfield, Ohio’s NECIC to launch the first of what it believes can be a series of local, community-centered, and vertically integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) businesses. Private and public in nature, NECIC and Locally Grown Power’s public-private business development model addresses several critical issues faced by communities across the county: job creation, local government fiscal problems, and the rising cost of energy amongst them.
DOE Weatherization Assistance Cuts Energy Bills, Lowers Usage for 600,000 Low-Income Homes
Creating much needed building and construction industry jobs, reducing energy bills and use at low-income homes and buildings and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, all this has been achieved – and faster than scheduled – by the DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program, which has ‘weatherized’ 600,000 homes and buildings across the US and its territories three months ahead of schedule.
