http://apolloalliance.org Clean Energy, Good Jobs Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:53:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This Monday, the Apollo Alliance was proud to co-sponsor an event honoring the first “Green Technician” graduates of an Indianapolis training program run by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 481 and the National Electrical Contractors Association of Central Indiana. After receiving their certifications, the newly minted Green ... http://apolloalliance.org/apollo-productions/weekly-updates/indiana-apprenticeship-program-graduates-its-first-green-technicians/ For Immediate Release: Contact: Sam Haswell, 415-371-1700 x201 Amber Taylor, 703-201-4893 March 8, 2010 Green Job Skills in Demand As Clean Energy Industries Boom INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's surging clean-energy industry thrust new green jobs into the limelight today during a ceremony to certify the state's first graduates of the Electrical Training Institute's ... http://apolloalliance.org/2010-press-releases/apollo-alliance-electrical-workers-announce-certification-of-state%e2%80%99s-first-%e2%80%98green-technicians%e2%80%99/ This Thursday, the Apollo Alliance and Center for American Progress (CAP) co-sponsored a conference in Washington, D.C. that brought together leading policymakers, academics, business and labor leaders, and other experts to discuss what policies will support the United States in becoming not only a consumer of clean-energy technologies but also ... http://apolloalliance.org/apollo-productions/weekly-updates/apollo-co-hosts-clean-energy-economy-conference-in-washington-dc/ WASHINGTON, D.C.-The United States must commit to developing a domestic manufacturing sector capable of meeting heightened demand for the parts, systems and components of the growing clean energy economy, a strategy that is key to ensuring that federal clean energy investments create quality, high-paying jobs in the United States. This ... http://apolloalliance.org/made-in-america/report-us-must-do-more-to-prevent-loss-of-clean-energy-manufacturing-jobs-2/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                           CONTACTS: Suzi Emmerling (CAP): (202) 481-8224 Sam Haswell (Apollo): (415) 371-1700 x201 March 4, 2010 Conference Convened by the Center for American Progress and the Apollo Alliance Explores the Future of the Clean Energy Economy WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Center for American Progress and the Apollo Alliance ... http://apolloalliance.org/2010-press-releases/picking-a-winner-how-to-make-the-us-a-leader-in-the-clean-energy-economy/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                               CONTACTS: Michelle Lee (GJF): 202-232-1616 x 210 Sam Haswell (Apollo): 415-371-1700 x201 March 4, 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C.-The United States must commit to developing a domestic manufacturing sector capable of meeting heightened demand for the parts, systems and components of the growing clean energy economy, ... http://apolloalliance.org/2010-press-releases/report-us-must-do-more-to-prevent-loss-of-clean-energy-manufacturing-jobs/ Amid growing concerns about the U.S. losing clean energy manufacturing jobs to other countries, a new report released this week by Policy Matters Ohio, the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) and the Apollo Alliance documents how one clean energy investment proposal, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s Investments for Manufacturing Progress and ... http://apolloalliance.org/apollo-productions/weekly-updates/new-report-shows-the-impact-act-will-create-clean-energy-jobs-in-ohio/ For release, Wednesday February 24th at 12:00 p.m.EST Contact Wendy Patton at 614-221-4505 Read the report: http://www.policymattersohio.org/pdf/IMPACT2010.pdf Study outlines employment effect of a federal investment program proposed to help firms diversify into clean energy markets Press call and discussion with Senator Sherrod Brown 12:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday February 24th ... http://apolloalliance.org/2010-press-releases/the-impact-of-impact-creating-jobs-in-ohio/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 23, 2010 Indianapolis — Clean energy industries will provide the catalyst to create long-term, good-paying jobs in Indiana, according to business leaders from Ameresco, Duke Energy and Vela Gear Systems who took part in a roundtable discussion here last night. Their views were supported by a new ... http://apolloalliance.org/2010-press-releases/job-creation-in-indiana-tied-to-federal-action-on-energy-poll-shows-most-hoosiers-believe-investment-clean-energy-manufacturing-can-help-revive-state%e2%80%99s-economy/ This week, on the day before the one-year anniversary of the signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the Missouri Apollo Alliance partnered with the St. Louis Urban League to highlight the creation of 39 new jobs associated with a weatherization assistance program made possible by ARRA funding. “This ... http://apolloalliance.org/apollo-productions/weekly-updates/apollo-organizes-clean-energy-events-in-missouri-and-indiana/