Apollo Feedback: Clean Energy From Oceans, the “Stirling Concept,” and Other Innovations

Plus lots of questions from Apollo nation that need answers

Apollo Feedback this week includes dispatches from readers across the country who note new innovations in clean energy generation, describe events in their communities, and also explore the world of work, for themselves and their clean energy companies. Just as coal produced the tools and toys of the 19th century economy, and oil the tools and toys of the 20th century, so will the various clean energy technologies power the 21st century way of life. Portions of that promising future are becoming easily visible in the United States. In a disorienting era, the development of clean energy is one piece of economic and cultural geography that makes sense. Read more

Green-Collar Jobs

When people talk about green-collar jobs, two questions always pop up. What is it? And how many are there?

“Green-Collar Jobs in America’s Cities,” the Apollo Alliance’s March 2008 report, defines the term this way: A job qualifies as green-collar if it provides high enough wages and good benefits to support a family, opportunity to advance and build a career, and reduces waste, pollution, and other environmental risks. Read more

Apollo Feedback: Are We Up To The Challenge?

Absolutely says the Apollo nation

Last week we asked whether there was enough courage and smarts in the United States to respond to the economic, environmental, and political peril we face. Is America capable of writing a new compact with its people that sees the public interest as having greater priority than serving the private interest. That represents a sharp departure in the governing and cultural direction that nation pursued over the last quarter century. Your responses clearly indicated America is ready for a change that sees clean energy and good jobs as central to our greatness in this century. Read more

Apollo Feedback: No To Gas Tax “Pandering,” Yes To Rails, Bikes, Alternatives

Apollo nation knows it likes Europe, among other things

When we asked last week which idea made better sense, suspending the federal gas tax for the summer (proposed by Senators John McCain and Hillary Clinton) or investing in rail transport (Senator Barack Obama’s counter-proposal) the response from the Apollo nation was near-unanimous. A resounding no to the gas tax, and a clear yes to rail and other transportation alternatives.

We received over 100 responses. Here are a sampling: Read more

From Brownfields to Green Neighborhoods

Taking Newark in new direction

By Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendricks
Special to the Apollo News Service

Fifth and last in a series

In the heart of Newark a community organizer named Baye Adofo-Wilson is taking a green tack to rebuild his economically distressed neighborhood. As executive director of the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District, he is bringing new life to the Lincoln Park neighborhood, known locally as the “Bottom.” Read more