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March 09, 2008 08:13 PM EDT -- After scoring much needed wins in Ohio and Texas last week, Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has focusing heavily on foreign policy. Clinton's message is simple: I have foreign . . . more
June 13, 2008 11:22 AM EDT -- 2007 was a banner year for the America's burgeoning wind power industry, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. "The U.S. wind industry experienced unprecedented growth in 2007, surpassing . . . more
November 30, 2008 05:22 PM EST --   Los Angeles, a city once famous for its troubles with smog and air pollution, turned a shade greener last week. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced two major new initiatives designed to help . . . more
May 29, 2009 12:49 PM EDT -- President Barack Obama recently claimed that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has created or saved an estimated 150,000 jobs over the past few months, including new green jobs. According to . . . more
August 07, 2007 01:46 PM EDT -- Newsweek recently published an article on Wal-Mart's operations in Mexico. According to the article around 4,300 teenagers work as baggers in the company's Mexican stores, but the company does . . . more
August 10, 2007 09:02 AM EDT --         The following is presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich's plan for bringing good jobs back to America. It and much more information about this visionary candidate can . . . more
May 27, 2009 09:16 AM EDT --   Yesterday, the Obama administration  announced plans  to invest $500 million in grants for green jobs training programs. The money will be used to train workers for careers in the energy . . . more
September 03, 2007 01:17 PM EDT --   Image: Factory workers on stike in Lawrence, Massachusetts faced harsh opposition in 1912. Today is Labor Day. What does it mean to you? One last chance for a weekend of summer fun? Just another . . . more
August 22, 2007 09:34 AM EDT -- Half the world's population lives on less than two dollars a day.  In 2003, 10.6 million children died before they reached the age of five.  Without hope and stricken by the AIDS pandemic, . . . more
November 30, 2006 12:46 PM EST -- I have always held a deep respect for Americans who lived through the Great Depression. Although their generation is slowly fading into history, their ethics and determination remain a valuable symbol . . . more
June 20, 2008 09:58 AM EDT -- The Affordability of Solar Power: A new study titled the Utility Solar Assessment (USA) Study is predicting that solar power will reach cost parity with conventional energy sources by the year . . . more
June 30, 2009 03:27 PM EDT -- A new report has estimated that Oregon was home to 51,402 green jobs in 2008.    The report,  The Greening of Oregon’s Workforce: Jobs, Wages, and Training , was based on a survey . . . more
November 25, 2008 01:54 PM EST -- The latest data compiled by The Green Jobs Report indicates that manufacturers in the solar and wind power industry are eager to move forward with plans to expand production and create new green collar . . . more
May 28, 2009 01:24 PM EDT -- Yesterday, President Barack Obama  announced the release of a report  that provides early incite into role that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has played in creating new jobs across . . . more
June 03, 2009 04:46 PM EDT --   General Motors is dumping Hummer as part of its efforts to restructure into a leaner, greener company. The company has issued a  press release  announcing a preliminary agreement . . . more
December 03, 2008 12:10 PM EST -- Last month, The Green Jobs Report tracked plans by thirteen companies to create 4,563 new green-collar manufacturing jobs in the solar and wind power sectors of the renewable energy industry. Included . . . more
January 15, 2009 08:01 AM EST -- A New Deal style policy investing $2.5 billion in the National Parks Service could create more than 57,000 new jobs nationwide, according to a recent report published by the National Parks Conservation . . . more
July 01, 2009 02:15 PM EDT -- The global warming and clean energy bill that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last will create new green jobs in energy efficiency and renewable energy, at least according to one energy . . . more
July 08, 2009 11:47 AM EDT -- The cost of reducing the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions and creating a clean energy economy could come to as little 22 cents a day for American households, according to top Obama administration . . . more
January 12, 2009 02:40 PM EST -- Last week, President-Elect Barack Obama’s said that his economic stimulus plan will create half a million new green jobs for America. “We’ll create nearly half a million jobs by investing in clean . . . more
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