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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 energy – by committing to double the production of alternative energy in the next three years, and by modernizing more than 75% of federal buildings and improving the energy efficiency of two million American homes,” the president elect said. These made-in-America jobs building solar panels and wind turbines, developing fuel-efficient cars and new energy technologies pay well, and they can’t be outsourced.”
The number of unemployed individuals in the United States rose by 632,000 to hit 11.1 million in December, according to the Department of Labor. The U.S. economy shed 1.9 million jobs in the last four months of 2008 alone. But rather than dwell on this dire economic data a number of states are taking a proactive approach to stimulating economic growth by creating new green jobs. Read More »
September 27 is a National Day of Action for the Green Economy.
Lowell is hosting an event at Life Alive Cafe on Middle Street. See http://events.greenjobsnow.com/greenforall/events/show/5185 for more information or to RSVP.
Can someone please help me on how to get people in a country that think money and time,time and money...I live in Egypt and some areas are very unsanitary..How can I get them to understnad how much of a danger it is to their health if things continue the way it is...I try to use everything ECO friendly from cleaning my home to laundry..New jobs need to be created here in Egypt that should be ECO friendly as well..I don't even know who to contact with out raising an eye brow...can someone help?
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