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Oct 15, 2009
Renewable Energy World
York, Pennsylvania (October 13, 2009) – The U.S. hydropower industry is ready to lead the country in the creation of 700,000 family-supporting jobs by 2025 as it helps steer the United States toward energy security and a clean, renewable energy future.
Oct 14, 2009
Reuters
Green Dream Jobs Reports on Top Green Job Titles, Top Cities for Green
Employment
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Dream Jobs and green workforce
development consultant Jim Cassio released data that shows the top green job
titles posted by employers and in which cities over the past year - during the
recession.
Oct 13, 2009
Inhabitat.com
There has been a lot of talk about green jobs, but if becoming the next in line for the desk of the Green Czar in the Whitehouse is a bit too constraining for you, then maybe a hands-on eco career is a better option. As a part of the recovery stimulus package, $60 billion dollars has been earmarked for creating green jobs.
Oct 9, 2009
Kansas City Business Journal
Missouri has received an additional $28 million in federal stimulus money to support green jobs, energy efficiency and renewable energy projects throughout the state.
Oct 8, 2009
JS Online
Midwest governors are betting that investments in clean energy technology can help replace more than 1 million manufacturing jobs lost this decade.
At a regional jobs and energy forum in Detroit on Wednesday, governors from seven Midwestern states adopted jobs and infrastructure agreements that encourage worker training in renewable energy, energy efficiency, biofuels and advanced coal technologies. Those fields are expected to attract increased investment as industry turns away from carbon emissions.
Oct 7, 2009
www.pittsburghlive.com
Fredric C. Underwood II has big dreams for his solar power panel company and big plans to take advantage of anticipated demand for green products and services during the next several years.
Underwood, a resident of Pittsburgh's North Side and a full-time city firefighter, converted a residential construction firm he operated for 12 years into a solar power panel sales and installation company called Underwood Solar Future LLC. He has hired 17 installers and 18 salespeople.
Oct 6, 2009
Bioneers
Bioneers (www.bioneers.org) is the preeminent international gathering of leading scientific innovators and environmental visionaries who offer practical solutions to the most pressing environmental and social issues of our time.
Oct 6, 2009
Washington Post
LANSING, Mich. -- If the future of American manufacturing lies in green industries, the Michigan governor's pursuit of jobs offers a cautionary tale.
Oct 5, 2009
CBS4 Denver
DENVER (CBS4) ―The green industry continues to be a bright spot in the troubled economy. On Saturday hundreds of job seekers turned out for a green job fair in Denver.
Oct 2, 2009
www.whsv.com
Dozens of new jobs are on their way to the Valley and the rest of Virginia.
Governor Tim Kaine (D) announced Thursday that Shenandoah Sustainable Technologies will create at least 72 new jobs. They'll also make $600,000 in capital investments.
Oct 1, 2009
The Star Press
About 120 people, including students and community leaders, attended the Community Readiness for Energy program, sponsored by Ball State University's Center for Business and Economic Research and The Star Press, at BSU's Alumni Center.
Sep 29, 2009
www.statesman.com
American YouthWorks unveiled its new Green Jobs Training Center on Monday.
The South Austin facility, which houses a charter school for at-risk youth, has already gone through an energy efficiency retrofit paid for by a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, who helped secure the money, was the keynote speaker at a ribbon-cutting.
Sep 28, 2009
NY Times
A new investment fund set to begin Friday hopes to cash in on the billions of dollars set aside by the government for environmentally friendly “green” projects.
The Energy Efficiency Opportunity Fund, which is expected to announce its launch today at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York, is a social investment fund that will finance projects like retrofitting buildings to achieve greater energy efficiency.
Sep 25, 2009
NY Times
A new investment fund set to launch Friday hopes to cash in on the billions of dollars set aside by the government for environmentally friendly “green” projects.
Sep 24, 2009
www.pittsburghlive.com
Environmental activists, union members and heavily armed police shared Point State Park in harmony Wednesday night at a "green" jobs rally on the eve of the Group of 20 economic summit.
Sep 23, 2009
NY Times
UNITED NATIONS — World leaders gathered here for a global summit meeting on climate change made modest proposals on Tuesday for combating the problem, underscoring the way domestic political battles still trump what United Nations officials had hoped would be a sense of global urgency.
Sep 22, 2009
Reuters
PITTSBURGH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The collapse of the U.S. steel industry forced Drew Mihalek in 1977 to leave Pittsburgh, a onetime capital of industry that U.S. President Barack Obama will show to world leaders this week as a "bold example" of a new green economy.
Sep 14, 2009
www.publicbroadcasting.net
The bill sets a goal of making one million homes and businesses in New York more energy efficient over the next five years. It's expected to create thousands of jobs for people who would do the retrofitting work.
Sep 11, 2009
www.bizjournals.com
New York state senators approved a bill early this morning to create a “green jobs” program by making businesses and homes more energy-efficient.
Sep 10, 2009
NY Times
DETROIT — 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.
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