Van Jones' Resignation
Van Jones, one of the people who was fighting hardest to create jobs in a green economy resigned his job at the White House as Special Adviser to President Obama for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the Council on Environmental Quality. Jones was the target of a coordinated attack spearheaded by conservative media pundit, Glen Beck, for what Beck claimed was Jones' communist leanings. (Photo: Center for American Progress via flickr/Creative Commons)
Van Jones Resigns as White House Green Jobs Advisor
White House green jobs advisor Van Jones resigned in September of 2009. (Photo: Center for American Progress/flickr)
