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April 2009
Obama 'not satisfied' with progress thus far on renewable energy
US President Barack Obama spoke from a town hall meeting at Fox Senior High School in Arnold, Missouri. As he marked his 100th day in office.....
100 days: Obama's big green dream
On the environment, the Obama administration has moved swiftly toward making climate and energy reform a reality.....
World's largest economies start push for agreement on climate
WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. climate negotiator, Todd Stern, said Tuesday that he was "a bit more optimistic" that the world could solve the global warming crisis after meeting with high-level officials from the countries that produce the bulk of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.....
Long-awaited funds for solar come from stimulus
After years of zero financial incentives for alternative-energy enthusiasts, Virginia is bursting out of the starting gate with tens of millions of stimulus dollars just for renewable-energy aid.....
SINGAPORE'S policymakers have unveiled a sweeping blueprint, 15 months in the making, to help build a greener, more energy efficient and sustainable nation.....
Measure touts potential of state’s green industry
Rep. Walt Leger is seeking incentives for companies in the renewable energy sector
Officials from New Orleans want incentives similar to those that lured Sylvester Stallone to Louisiana to make his next action feature film offered to the state’s renewable energy industry, which they say could be the next economic blockbuster.....
Economy vs. environment? No need to choose
If "Monsters vs. Aliens" isn't scary enough, how about Economy vs. Environment?
When those two duke it out, you might expect the economy to win hands down. After all, with so many families, businesses and governments in dire financial distress these days, it seems obvious the economy should take priority.....
Nimbys 'thwart plans' for cheap green energy
Scotland risks being left behind in the race for green technology by an epidemic of nimbyism holding up planning applications and threatening to derail government targets for renewable energy.....
Vic can be 'world leader in green jobs'
Victoria should seize a chance to lead the world in green jobs, a forum of business, government and other leaders has heard.....
Green jobs abound, but few takers
Potentiality; Opportunities in renewable energy sector
Up the Alaska Highway -- way, way up at Mile Marker 0 -- renewable energy entrepreneur Randyn Seibold has been wrestling with a tough choice: to have a once-in-a-lifetime adventure in Northern B. C.'s unspoiled wilderness or follow the lure of capitalism.....
UK’s first ‘Carbon Budget’ – Investment in renewables, energy efficiency & green jobs
UK - Chancellor Alistair Darling unveiled a series of ‘green’ initiatives in the UK’s first every ‘carbon budget’ on this week, with around £1 billion pounds set aside to encourage alternative and efficient energy use and deliver ‘green jobs’.....
A tale of two energy economies
New research shows that the real energy future for Colorado and much of the West rests not with fossil fuel development but with renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. Some, however, would have you believe otherwise.....
Green manufacturing retooling projects 2.5 million new jobs
A multi-state advertising and advocacy campaign calling for federal investments in “green” manufacturing is about to kick off.....
The latest Executive shakes from the world of Renewable Energy:
Seeing green: new jobs lead to new visions
Participants in workforce training programs for green jobs attain a different understanding of their community -- and their place in it.....
Green Jobs for Nevada’s Future
What we all know is that these are unbelievably difficult times. Nevada faces an enormous budget shortfall, now in the billions, and it will take the will of elected leaders, along with the people of Nevada, to solve it. Everyone, and we do mean everyone, is going to have to give something so that we can begin to move forward. We must find a new path forward. It is going to take courage to make bold decisions for the future of Nevada’s economy and communities.....
Green-jobs czar Van Jones plugs energy innovation
Green-jobs advocate Van Jones has gone from being a community organizer in Oakland, Calif., to a community organizer in the White House.....
Workers should look to the solar installation field
At a time when job opportunities are shrinking, there’s one industry that’s looking up. Renewable energy jobs are growing even faster now that President Obama has signed his $787 billion recovery package into law. You might be able to move into these jobs from another field. "Many of the jobs will require on-the-job training or apprenticeship-level training," says Neil Lurie, spokesperson for the American Solar Energy Society in Boulder, Colo. "Not everyone will have to go to four-year or advanced degree programs for specific technical skills," he says.....
If you haven’t heard the term ‘green job’ or ‘green collar job’ uttered hundreds of times of late from politicians, industry leaders, union leaders and environmentalists then you must have been living under a rock for the past year. No other term apart from credit crunch seems to have had as much press but what is all the fuss about?
UK must act now if we are to develop offshore wind jobs say ippr
In a report published today, the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) has said that without a rapid expansion of offshore wind capacity the UK will struggle to achieve its legally-binding target of 15% of renewable energy from renewable sources by 2020. It also says that without greater government support, the opportunity to create up to 70,000 long-term jobs in parts of the country where they are needed, and its associated export potential, will be lost.....
Unemployed seek training for 'green collar' jobs
As the economy sheds jobs, community colleges across the country are reporting a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that offer training for "green-collar" jobs.....
Green jobs blossom in a tough economy
Saving planet is hot career track
Once restricted to crunchy-granola types, green careers are becoming increasingly attractive to number crunchers.....
City moves forward on green jobs creation
Adding more environmentally-friendly jobs to Tucson might be one little stimulus check away.....
Energy spending could be engine for job growth
If energy is one of the main pillars of the legislative monument known as the stimulus bill, think of it as the most newly constructed one. It may seem a small amount — its $43 billion allotment is just 5 percent of the.....
Aso pledges two million new jobs in three years
Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday pledged to create up to two million new jobs in the next three years with a new growth strategy for Asia's biggest economy.....
Making the Green Jobs Initiative Work
Manufacturers should align their business strategies with state/federal investments, and train workers in the latest energy skills.....
Clean energy brings opportunities
The challenge is the economy; the opportunity is clean energy. More and more Americans realize the challenges we face are connected.....
By next year, the largest photovoltaic solar energy farm in the country will be in Davidson County, one of the most visible impacts of a new state law on renewable energy passed in 2007.....
Working With the Wind: Growing Employment in the European and US Wind Power Sectors
A new report published by the European Wind Energy Association looks at the rapidly growing wind sector jobs market, throwing up some interesting trends, and highlighting a number of opportunities and challenges for the future. Alasdair Cameron reports.....
A decade of new wind energy investment will grow jobs and renewable energy
This past Friday, March 27, on a Tehachapi mountainside with the wind blowing and windmills spinning, local wind energy leaders and I unveiled a legislative solution I authored in Congress – the Wind Incentives for a New Decade (WIND) Energy Act of 2009.....
Green jobs may bloom for grads
These days, jobs are dropping faster than trees in a rain forest. But one industry will rise like a rose through cement cracks: green jobs.....
More students exploring subject of renewable energy, but U.S. still lags
In what could be an encouraging sign of change in America’s long-standing shortage of graduates prepared for high-tech careers, the hottest subject on college campuses across the nation right now seems to be renewable energy - a surge of interest driven largely by the specter of global warming.....
Ontario plans feed-in tariff to boost investment in renewable energy
Queen’s Park’s new tool to help drive construction and development in Ontario’s green economy is a proposed feed-in tariff to sweeten the renewable energy investment pot.
“The proposed feed-in tariff program would help spark new investment in renewable energy generation and create a new generation of green jobs,” George Smitherman, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, said in a statement.....
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