Dell is teaming up with the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired-Goodwill of Greater Rochester, New York, to start a free computer recycling program that will create jobs for ABVI workers and keep unwanted electronic devices out of local landfills, reports the Democrat and Chronicle.
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Washington, D.C.-A transition to renewable energy sources promises significant global job gains at a time when the coal industry has been hemorrhaging jobs for years, according to the latest Vital Signs Update released by the Worldwatch Institute.
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More than 300,000 Minnesotans – and millions across the United States – are poised to take advantage of new job opportunities in the growing "green" economy, according to a new report released by a group of labor and environmental organizations.
Head of an energy-industry executive recruitment and human resources firm, Chris Swan is interviewed about a coming workforce crisis in the energy industry.
Senator John Ensign (R-NV) speaks at a press conference supporting tax credits aimed at incentivizing investment in renewable energy projects, touting the growing number of bipartisan cosponsors.
Van Jones, the director of the Ella Baker Center, says that the nation needs to make a massive and immediate move toward a green energy economy in a waythat also fulfills the need for jobs in areas of high unemployment.
Washington, DC - Margo Thorning, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, American Council on Capital Formation, is interviewed about a study assessing the potential national and state economic impacts resulting from proposed climate change legislation.
Venture capitalists and others push Congress to extend investment and production tax credits for renewable energy as a needed tool to continue investment in thesetechnologies and project as a means to boost the US economy.
The study finds that over 76,000 jobs are put at risk in the wind industry, and approximately 40,000 jobs in the solar industry. The states that could lose the most jobs include: Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Oregon, Minnesota, Washington, Iowa, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and California. The lion’s share of these states would lose more than 1,000 jobs.
US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez talks about the economic opportunities from deploying low-carbon energy technologies, including the growth potential from unleashing the economy from energy constraints.
New bipartisan legislation helps forests by reducing fire risk and will restore jobs to rural areas hard-hit by the recession. The bill could also boost localized biofuel production. Sounds like just what the country needs.
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) talks about tax incentives to promote wind and other renewable energy. He talks about the need to passlegislation, perhaps as part of an economic stimulus bill, to extend those tax credits beyond this year.
 Leaders of trade associations that represent various sectors of the renewable energy industry hold a press conference to call on Congress to extend tax credits to continue the growth and job-creation demonstrated by renewable power.
Green collar jobs are not taking root as employment options and the workforce is expected to grow to 40 million workers over the next two decades.
David Hamilton, Director and Team Leader, Global Warming and Energy Programs, Sierra Club; Rhone Resch, President, Solar Energy Industries Association(SEIA); Randy Swisher, Executive Director, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)Â react to enactment of the 2007 Energy Bill. They also look toward newlegislation, such as a planned economic stimulus bill, to gain provisions such as extension of renewable tax credits, that didn"t make it into the final Energy Bill.
