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Pundits Weigh-In on Van Jones [video]
Reaction to news of last week’s resignation from Van Jones varied across the cable news networks.
No Labor Day Parade for Van Jones
In stead of celebrating the birth of a new labor movement—one that brings together former foes in the Democratic tent: labor and environment—we are witnessing the end of a McCarthy-esque witch hunt against Van Jones, a witch hunt spearheaded by Fox News Glenn Beck.
World’s Largest Electric Trucks To Be Built In Kansas City
Company officials at the UK-based Smith Electric Vehicles have announced that they will begin manufacturing “The world’s largest battery-electric-powered truck” at a new plant in Kansas City, Missouri.
Wind Industry Capitalizes on Michigan Tax Credits to Create New Jobs
In the last few weeks there has been a spate of new jobs created in Michigan thanks to an unlikely industrial sector in the upper Midwest — the wind energy industry. [I first published this at CleanTechnica on April 10, 2009] Wind turbine manufacturer Global Wind Systems announced that it will be hiring 250 new [...]
Want a Job in the Wind Energy Biz? Vestas Has 500
To go along with the 600 jobs that they’ve added in Windsor, Colorado, and the 1,300 jobs they will create down the road in Brighton, the Danish-owned wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, is looking to fill 500 vacancies at their new Pueblo, Colorado tower manufacturing plant. On March 14, Vestas will hold a job fair at [...]
The Obama Economic Plan is the Obama Energy Plan
Throughout the recent economic slide that has lawmakers, bureaucrats, and bankers scrambling to come up with macro-economic fixes to a macro-economic problem, Democrat Senator Barack Obama has reiterated his support for investing in cleantech and building the economy with green collar jobs. Obama has continued to link energy and environment to the solutions that will [...]
Van Jones Talks Green Jobs at Democratic National Convention [w/video]
Van Jones has emerged as one of the most prominent figures in the modern green jobs movement. Jones’ brand of environmentalism melds together the synergistic goals of securing our economic well-being and protecting our environment into one green-collared job package. Kate Shepard of Grist caught up with Jones at this past week’s Democratic National Convention [...]
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