September 8, 2008: Can The U.S. Create Two Million Green Jobs In Two Years?
A new report from the Political Economy Research Institute and the Center for American Progress argues that a $100 billion public/private green energy investment plan could produce 2 million jobs in two years.
Too Much reports on the Republican National Convention’s silence on inequality.
The Real News looks at America’s high unemployment rate:
Greentech Media argues that energy independence must be about increasing alternatives to oil, not increasing domestic oil production.
General Motors’ facilities will recycle 50 percent of all waste materials within a year and a half.
Local Green: A Long island school district approved a $1.2 million solar panel installation project.
Dozens of schools in Houston,Texas will be built or retrofitted to meet LEED standards.
A clean energy forum focusing on green-collar jobs and energy efficiency for homes, farms and small businesses takes place on Thursday in Reynolds, Indiana.
According to The Daily Item, “Pennsylvania will be producing nearly 500 megawatts of wind energy annually, enough in theory to power almost 10 percent of the state’s homes.”
A plant in Colorado turns dead trees killed by beetles into fuel that is cheaper than natural gas.
Globes (online) looks at Hawaii’s plans for electric cars and alternative energy.
–Christopher Greenspan
Tags: General Motors, Hawaii, Long Island, Pennsylvania, Solar Power, Wind Power