Green Future Summit Closes With Clean Energy Commitments

Newark’s Green Future Summit on September 12-13, 2008, was the first time a predominantly African American city decided to comprehensively pursue a new development strategy based on clean energy and creating green-collar jobs. The summit, which the Apollo Alliance and the City of Newark planned and organized in collaboration with a number of other national and local organizations, heard from many of the top national experts in sustainable development. The summit’s intent: Helping Newark transform itself into a national showcase of how to solve poverty and joblessness, respond to serious public health concerns, and engage new business activity around energy-efficient, resource-conserving, and pollution-reducing tools, equipment, and practices.

Phil angelides and Cory booker Meet the Press

Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker (l.) and Apollo Alliance Chairman Phil Angelides describe steps the city will take to build the city’s prosperity.

I. Newark’s Green Future Summit Coverage by the Apollo Alliance

Green Future Summit Closes With Clean Energy Commitments
September 14, 2008
http://apolloalliance.org/summitconclusion.php

With Newark, The Whole World Will Have To Believe
September 14, 2008
http://apolloalliance.org/blog/?p=181

Looking to Newark For Clean Energy Leadership
September 13, 2008
http://apolloalliance.org/blog/?p=177

In Newark, Communicating Clean Energy With Facilitated Art
September 13, 2008
http://apolloalliance.org/blog/?p=170

Newark’s Green Future Summit
September 11, 2008
http://apolloalliance.org/bookersummit.php

Newark is greener than most people think, and will get more so said Mayor Cory A. Booker. During the two-day summit, Booker said he sensed a turning point not only in the role cities are playing in advancing many of the country’s most important clean energy and environmental programs, but also in the role Newark and its developing green economy can play to address poverty.

Read welcome speech by Apollo Alliance chairman, Phil Angelides.