Apollo Feedback: What’s America Listening To When It Comes To Energy and the Economy?
“I am really starting to see a grassroots movement towards a change in our energy policy,” writes Chris Hurst of Sonora, California. “People are just not happy with the status quo.”
Newark’s Green Future Summit
In the two years since Mayor Cory A. Booker took office, various measures of the city’s well-being have begun to tick upwards. Now Booker has teamed up with the Apollo Alliance to improve green-collar job opportunities for all city residents. Read more
A Good Jobs, Climate Change Law in Cascadia
Transportation is the state’s main source of air pollution, and Washington State’s new law sets goals for reducing driving. Read more
Memphis Solar Plant Serves Hot National Market
Each year members of the IBEW at the Memphis Sharp plant produce enough solar panels to create about 64 megawatts, capable of powering 14,000 homes. Credit: IBEW for the Apollo Alliance Read more
With Right Grass, Biofuels Make Sense
“The beauty of switchgrass is how hearty it is and how fast it grows,” said Dr. Suleiman Bughrara, a plant breeder at Michigan State University. “One acre can yield 12 or 13 tons of grass. That can produce 500 gallons of ethanol. We have work to do. But that kind of production is possible, and pretty quickly.” Credit: Gary Howe Read more
Big Wind Lessons from a Little Missouri Town
Eric Chamberlain led the project to build four windmills to serve all of Rock Port’s electrical needs, the first time that has happened in the U.S. Credit:Lend Frison for the Apollo Alliance Read more
Waves of Clean Energy Production
Oregon is leveraging its labor, technological, and natural resources to produce clean energy from wave power and at the same time pump new economic promise into established industries. Credit: Oregon Iron Works Read more
Oakland Develops Green Jobs Training
Menyui Leung, member of the first graduating class of Oakland’s green-collar training program, quickly landed a job installing solar panels in the San Francisco Bay Area. Credit: Lou Dematteis for the Apollo Alliance Read more
Newark’s Green Future
Newark Mayor Cory Booker teamed up with the Apollo Alliance to write a roadmap for a healthy sustainable city with economic opportunities for all citizens. Credit:Seth Sherman courtesy of The Trust for Public Land Read more
NYC Apollo helps write PlaNYC2030
New York City will add one million more people over the next two decades. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg responded with an ambitious program to make the city cleaner, greener, more prosperous, and a mecca for jobs. Read more
