"...the fossil-fuel industry has been intentionally targeting African-American and other communities of color in cynical campaigns that stir up fears of job loss."
Kari Lydersen, In These Times blog

Green in Black - Renewable Energy

by Deb Powers

In the wake of Van Jones' resignation from his position as Green Jobs advisor for the White House, Working in These Times blogger Kari Lydersen reports on a green economy event at Chicago's Olive Harvey College. It's a relatively short but thought-provoking post that touches on a number of issues in the renewable energy field and why renewable energy, social justice and building economic parity go hand in hand.
Read more: Bringing Black Americans into the Green Economy

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Green shoots taking root

by Deb Powers

The announcement of a new plant employing just 100 workers might seem like a long shot to attract the chief executive of General Motors, two senators and a raft of state and local officeholders from across Michigan. But, as this article from the NYT pointed out, those 100 jobs represent a new GM factory opening in Michigan - something the state has not seen in a long time. In fact, the project is expected to employ about 4,000 Michigan workers eventually, and supply the electric batteries for GM hybrids - batteries that are currently manufactured in China. T
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Philippines ready for green future

by Deb Powers

Philippine Sen. Adgardo J. Angara delivered a stirring speech to a gathering of the energy sector's domestic and international leaders. In it, he challenged the Senate to come up with a resolution that would serve as a guideline for the Philippines to turn from fossil fuel energy to sources that use the resources around them - ocean water, algae, the sun and the wind.
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Wu urges China-US cooperation

by Deb Powers

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress, expressed hope that clean energy and high-tech cooperation could become new growth engines for China-U.S. bilateral trade. China, Wu said, is focused on adjusting its economic structure, promoting industrial upgrades and changing its development mode in connection with its sci-tech innovation capacity. He was speaking to a gathering of Honeywell Industry execs.
Read more: Wu urges US-China energy cooperation

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Partnership creates Idea House

by Deb Powers

The local Sunday papers make for good reading sometimes. The Utah Salt Lake Tribune's feel-good story about a local Idea House has some great nuggets of information. Green jobs training at a local community college partnered with a Community Development Corp and the result: a foreclosed home refitted with green improvements, including insulation, greener appliances and a solar panel capable of generating all of its electricity - plus a class of electricians and technicians with new green job skills to add to their resumes.
Read more: Energy makeover illustrates green jobs concept

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