Al Gore's Challenge: 100 Percent Carbon-Free in 10 Years

Former Vice President Al Gore challenged the nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from carbon-free sources within 10 years. Watch the video here.

The Blue Green Alliance welcomed Vice President Gore's challenge. Read the release here.

On Labor Day, USW International President Leo Gerard and Alliance for Climate Protection CEO Cathy Zoi said it's time to repower America's workers. 

 

Blue Green Teams with We Campaign

USW, BGA and the We Campaign held 13 town halls where hundreds of people discussed creating green jobs, combating global climate change and improving the economy. More info? Sign-up here.

 

What is a green job? 

The We Campaign shows green workers from all over the country. Read more about them here.

BGA Executive Director Dave Foster said in a Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial that global-warming solutions can create green jobs here at home. Read it here. 

 

Up North

At the 25th National Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress May 26-30, two climate change resolutions and a policy paper addressing green jobs were passed.  Read more.

 

 

 

 

 

The U.S. can create two million jobs and reduce the unemployment rate to 4.4 percent over two years by investing in the green economy.  

The report, released by the Center for American Progress and authored by the Political Economy Research Institute at UMass, outlined a rapid green recovery program of investing in six renewable energy and energy efficiency strategies.

Read the report and read job-creation numbers for 34 states.

Read a press release on the report from the Blue Green Alliance.

 

2009 Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference

 

The 2009 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference
will be held February 4 – 6 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
in Washington, D.C. Register today at www.greenjobsconference.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Making it Green

On Earth Day 2008, the Blue Green Alliance joined with the cities
of Minneapolis and Saint Paul to release "Making it Green in
Minneapolis Saint Paul," a report providing a blueprint for pursuing
green manufacturing and taking advantage of the expanding business
sectors related to green products and design.

Read the press release and report.

Report: Job Opportunities for the Green Economy

Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-by-State Picture of Occupations that Gain from Green Investments, a report released in June from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, examines 12 states and the people employed in occupations affected by six green economic strategies: building retrofitting, mass transit, energy-efficient automobiles, wind power, solar power and cellulosic biofuels.

Sponsored by NRDC as part of the Green Jobs for America campaign, the report shows millions of U.S. workers will benefit from a movement to defeat global warming and transform the United States into a green economy. Download the report, read the press release and state fact sheets.

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