Tag: green
member name: David Anderson
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May 08, 2008 07:55 PM EDT --
"...let me start first by telling you that America has got to change its habits. We've got to get off
oil."
President Bush made these remarks on March 5, 2008. He was speaking . . .
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June 03, 2008 08:34 PM EDT --
On March 8, 2008 the Environmental Protection Agency announced what it called "the most stringent 8-hour standard ever for ozone". It was the first time the EPA had acted to strengthen the national . . .
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February 04, 2008 08:33 PM EST --
This week Democrat John Edwards announced that he would abandon his second bid for the presidency. Rudy Giuliani exited the race on the Republican side. That leaves Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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, . . .
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December 10, 2007 10:40 AM EST --
The United States is feeling lonely these days when it comes to climate change. The newly elected prime minister of Australia has announced that his country will finally ratify the . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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November 07, 2008 02:06 PM EST --
Friday, November 7, 2008 T he Green Jobs Report has tracked the creation of 6,140 potential new green manufacturing jobs by employers from the wind and solar power industries between October 24 and . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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