http://apolloalliance.org Clean Energy, Good Jobs Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:39:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en GREENSBURG, Kansas - The worst thing that ever happened to the more than 1,400 residents of this southwest Kansas farm town was the tornado that 26 months ago turned nearly every house and commercial building into scattered piles of splintered wood and broken bricks. The best thing that ever happened to ... http://apolloalliance.org/rebuild-america/energy-efficiency-rebuild-america/signature-stories-energy-efficiency/on-kansas-high-plains-theres-no-place-like-a-clean-energy-home/ Journeyman machinists are retiring at a rapid pace throughout greater Seattle. To offset the dwindling workforce, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 160 is teaming up with area companies to offer a multi-year apprentice program that brings fresh hands into the industry. The Seattle Machinists Apprentice program, which ... http://apolloalliance.org/new-apollo-program/seattle-machinists-apprenticeships-trains-next-generation-of-windmill-workers/ TOLEDO -This worn Lake Erie city is an unlikely launching point for Ohio's new clean energy economy. Dark storefronts and empty homes in Toledo, like the missing teeth of a tired grin, scar the shrinking city of 295,000 that once declared itself the auto parts capital of the world. Tall ... http://apolloalliance.org/feature-articles/the-sun-the-wind-and-the-promise-of-ohio%e2%80%99s-clean-energy-development/ The Marin City Community Development Corporation (MCCDC) this spring launched the Green Energy Empowerment program, a training initiative designed to help underserved residents find employment in green-collar jobs. The first phase of the project is a comprehensive effort to free 100 target families and dozens of at-risk youth in Marin ... http://apolloalliance.org/green-collar-jobs/signature-stories-green-collar-jobs/marin-citys-green-energy-training-initiative/ San Francisco-based Recology is the national leader in helping American cities draw ever closer to becoming zero-waste communities. With the company's guidance, San Francisco has achieved a recycling rate of 72 percent, the highest in the nation. Recology, which until this spring was known as Norcal, has also been a boon ... http://apolloalliance.org/green-collar-jobs/signature-stories-green-collar-jobs/recology-pursues-zero-waste-in-bay-area/ Provisions Will Help Manufacturers Retool for Clean Energy Economy, Keep New Green Jobs in America, and Put Nation on Path to Energy Independence CONTACT: Sam Haswell: (415) 371-1700 x201 SAN FRANCISCO - Phil Angelides, chairman of the Apollo Alliance, today issued the following statement praising the U.S. House of Representatives for approving critical ... http://apolloalliance.org/press-releases-2009/apollo-alliance-applauds-domestic-clean-energy-manufacturing-investments-in-american-clean-energy-and-security-act/ Coalition Will Promote Clean Energy, Good Jobs Economy in Missouri     CONTACTS: National: Sam Haswell: (415) 371-1700 x201 Missouri: Joe Thomas (314) 494-9890 SAN FRANCISCO – The Apollo Alliance today announced the formation of its Missouri affiliate, a broad coalition of labor, environmental, community and business leaders that will promote policies and projects to ... http://apolloalliance.org/press-releases-2009/apollo-alliance-announces-formation-of-missouri-affiliate/ Green Prosperity: Economic Recovery and Sustainability - Part I Date: June 23, 2009 Time: 12:00 PM 220 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor New York New York 10001 A modern economy based on fossil fuels is destined to fail. National unemployment reached 9.4 percent in May 2009 – the highest rate in 25 ... http://apolloalliance.org/what%e2%80%99s-new/apollo-co-sponsors-green-prosperity-forum-in-nyc/ This week, Apollo Alliance Chairman Phil Angelides joined Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown on Capitol Hill to introduce the "Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology Act (IMPACT) Act of 2009." The measure, which Sen. Brown hopes to enact as part of our new national energy policy, proposes a $30 billion ... http://apolloalliance.org/apollo-productions/weekly-updates/support-for-clean-energy-manufacturing-in-congress/ A lot has happened this week in the clean energy, good job world. Most importantly for us, on Wednesday with Apollo chairman Phil Angelides at his side, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown introduced the “Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology (IMPACT) Act of 2009,” a bill that would put America’s ailing ... http://apolloalliance.org/what%e2%80%99s-new/banner-week-for-apollo-clean-energy-and-good-jobs/