October 30, 2009: Senate Debates Climate Legislation’s Effect On Jobs
Clean energy jobs and traditional energy jobs were a hot topic of debate during yesterday’s Senate hearings on climate and clean energy legislation.
Senatorial testimony opposing clean energy jobs legislation ironically reinforced arguments in favor of it, illustrating how the “do nothing” federal policies of the last eight years have decimated blue collar industries.
The Sierra Club’s Carl Pope explains why reducing CO2 emissions 20 percent by 2020 is not nearly as ambitious as critics of the Senate’s Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act claim.
$2.2 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds will help hundreds of public power companies strengthen their renewable energy portfolios.
A new study published in Science suggests the greenhouse effect of methane gas has been underestimated.
A joint U.S.-China wind power project - the largest between the two nations so far - will bring more than 600 megawatts of clean energy to Texas. The project is expected to create 300 construction jobs.
Renewable Funding - a company that helps home and business owners with clean energy and energy efficiency project costs - announced it had received more than $12 million in new venture capital funding this week. The company helped Berkeley, Calif., develop its flagship municipal clean energy financing program.
Local Green: Grist’s continuing series investigating how Senators are likely to vote on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act profiled Senators Mark Udall (D-Colo) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo).
–Christopher Greenspan
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