GreenMAP Launch News Release

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Broad National Coalition Launches “Make it in America”
Campaign to Restore Millions of Manufacturing Jobs

Congress set to create new demand for clean energy production;
Apollo Alliance proposal would ensure new jobs are American jobs

SAN FRANCISCO – The Apollo Alliance today launched a broad-based campaign to restore millions of American jobs with the release of a comprehensive roadmap for rebuilding U.S. manufacturing capacity to meet the clean energy needs of the future. The Apollo Green Manufacturing Action Plan (GreenMAP) lays out aggressive steps to scale up production of American-made clean energy systems and components while making U.S. factories more energy efficient. Over the next several weeks, Apollo’s national coalition of business, labor, environmental and community leaders will lead a

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multi-state advertising and advocacy campaign calling for federal investments to enable domestic manufacturers to meet the nation’s demand for clean energy solutions.

“We can’t let the next generation of energy jobs be in oil fields on the other side of the world. Our energy security and economic revitalization depend on creating and keeping good jobs in the U.S.,” said Apollo Alliance Chairman Phil Angelides. “The Apollo Green Manufacturing Plan will put millions of Americans back to work and restore America’s manufacturing leadership.”

Developed in collaboration with industry, labor, environmental groups, and academic experts the Apollo Green Manufacturing Plan calls for:

1. Direct federal funding for clean energy manufacturers to retool facilities and retrain workers to develop, produce and commercialize clean energy technologies.

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2. Tying federal support to manufacturers’ ability to meet labor and “Made in America” content standards.

3. Federal support to streamline the clean energy components supply chain to make American producers more competitive.

4. Increased federal Green Jobs Act funding to enable the American workforce to meet the demands of a clean energy economy.

5. Creation of a Presidential Task Force on Clean Energy Manufacturing to coordinate the federal government’s efforts and increase our international competitiveness.

The manufacturing sector employs nearly 13 million Americans. Long considered the ticket to the middle class for workers without college degrees, these jobs are disappearing, with many being sent overseas. Since 1999, 4.6 million U.S. manufacturing jobs have been shed, including more than 750,000 since late last year.

Apollo Alliance’s introduction of GreenMAP comes as the administration and Congress are considering policies – including a renewable energy standard and a carbon pricing program – that will create unprecedented new demand for clean energy systems and components. Based on data from the Renewable Energy Policy Project and the Energy Information Administration, Apollo Alliance estimates that transitioning to 25 percent renewable power could generate one million new manufacturing jobs and indirectly create 2.5 million jobs in related industries.

Only 50 percent of America’s existing wind turbines were manufactured in the U.S., and while the solar cell was invented in the U.S., four countries outpace American production of solar components. Without a bold U.S. effort to retool factories and retrain workers for skilled jobs in new energy sectors, the country will cede the opportunity to reclaim manufacturing jobs and achieve energy security.

Over the next several weeks, Apollo Alliance will lead a nationwide campaign to put the “Made in America” manufacturing proposal front and center in Congress’s energy and climate talks. A 30-second ad released on April 22 in Ohio will draw attention to the startling gap between America’s projected renewable energy needs and the nation’s ability to produce clean energy systems and components. State and local Apollo Alliance chapters will organize events in multiple states, calling on leaders in the House and Senate to confront the country’s energy and jobs challenges by adopting the GreenMAP.