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A High-Risk Energy Boom Sweeps Across North America

By Yale Environment 360 on October 5, 2010 Comments Off on A High-Risk Energy Boom Sweeps Across North America Argonne National Laboratory, Bakken, Canadian pipeline builders, carbon rich-sands, Circle of Blue, Colorado, ConocoPhilips, Department of Energy, detroit, energy industry, ExxonMobil Canada, fossil fuel reserves, gas fields, Grays Harbor, greenhouse gases, hydrocarbon development, Keith Schneider, Lynn Helms, mineral rights, Natural Resources Defense Council, North Dakota, North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, oil companies, oil fields, oil production, oil shale reserves, Pam Sharp, Pembina Institute, Randy Udall, renewable energy, tar sands, Utah, Washington State, Wyoming

Energy companies are rushing to develop unconventional sources of oil and gas trapped in carbon-rich shales and sands throughout the western United States and Canada. So far, government officials have shown little concern for the environmental consequences of this new fossil-fuel development boom.

Are America’s Fears of a Greentech Race with China Unfounded?

By Yale Environment 360 on February 22, 2010 16 Comments Asia Studies, Beijing, Boeing, Charles McElwee, Charles Schumer, China, China Dialogue, China Leading Race to Make Clean Energy, Christina Larson, clean locomotives, clean technology, ClimateWorks, commercial espionage, competition, Council on Foreign Relations, detroit, domestic airline industry, Elizabeth Economy, Energy Secretary, environmental, factories, global demand, green China, green collar jobs, green jobs, green metro cars, green tech, green technology, greentech, installation, Intellectual property rights, jobs, Keith Bradsher, Kevin Czinger, Linden Ellis, Made in China, maintenance, Middle East, New York Times, renewable energy, Retrofit, Richard Brubaker, sales, solar cells, solar panel exports grow, solar panels, State High-Tech Development Plan, Steven Chu, Texas, The River Runs Black, Thomas Friedman, USSR, wind farm, wind turbine, Wuxi

There has been growing talk about a clean-tech race between China and the U.S., often cast in ominous tones. But the quest to develop and implement renewable energy can be one where both nations win.

10 Midwestern Governors Unite to Attract Green Energy Jobs

By Tracey de Morsella on October 22, 2009 3 Comments bioeconomy, biofuels, capture and storage ofcarbon dioxide, detroit, energy economy, energy efficiency, energy leadership, Energy RoadmapMichigan, Illinois, Indiana, Infrastructure Accord, Iowa, Jennifer Granholm, job creation, Jobs Platform, Kansas, low-carbon transportation fuels, Midwest, Midwestern Energy Infrastructure Accord, Midwestern Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Roadmap, Midwestern governors, Midwestern Governors Association Jobs and Energy Forum, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, pipelines, Platform for Creating and Retaining Midwestern Jobs in the New Energy Economy, renewable electricity, smart grid, South Dakota, sustainable workforce, transmission capacity, Wisconsin

At the Midwestern Governors Association Jobs and Energy Forum held in Detroit last week, the group released its Platform for Creating and Retaining Midwestern Jobs in the New Energy Economy (Jobs Platform) and the Midwestern Energy Infrastructure Accord (Infrastructure Accord). These two documents are part of an effort by these Governors to position the Midwest as a leader in the new energy economy.

Green Jobs Pay Well and are Replacing Old Jobs That Have Been Lost, Study Finds

By Tracey de Morsella on October 16, 2009 3 Comments Ann Arbor, Austin, AZ, Baltimore, biofuels, biomaterials, Boston, building retrofits, CA, Chicago, Clean Edge, Clean tech, Clean Tech Job Trends 2009, clean tech manufacturing, clean-tech companies, clean-tech compensation, clean-tech economy, Clean-tech educational initiatives, clean-tech job sectors, clean-tech jobs, CO, coal, conservation, D.C., Denver, detroit, energy efficiency, green career, green education, green educational initiatives, green jobs, green training, Houston, IL, localization, Los Angeles, MA, manufacturing jobs, MD, MI, New York, NY, Oakland, OR, Pheonix, Portland, Ron Pernick, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, solar;, The Clean Tech Revolution, The smart grid, TX, utility industry, VA, WA, Washington, wind

Yesterday, Clean Edge, Inc., a clean-tech research and publishing firm, released Clean Tech Job Trends 2009. The report provides an investigation of how clean-tech jobs in the U.S. and globally are changing the face of industry, where the hotbeds of growth exist, and whether current clean-tech salaries are living up to their ‘green-over blue-collar’ promise.

Report Says Cities are Going Green But are Falling Short

By Tracey de Morsella on July 28, 2009 2 Comments Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Ben Hecht, Boston, carbon footprint, Charlotte, Chicago, city governments, Cleveland, Columbus, D.C., Dallas, Denver, detroit, Don Chen, economic recovery, El Paso, energy costs, energy efficiency, energy retrofits, energy-efficient appliances, Ford Foundation, Fort Worth, going green, green, green building, Green cities, Green Cities: How Urban Sustainability Efforts Can and Must Drive America's Climate Change Policies, green economy, green workforce development, greenhouse gases, Greening, Houston, Indianapolis, insulation, Jacksonville, jobs, Las Vegas, Living Cities, Los Angeles, Louisville, low-income, mass transit, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York City, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, recession, retrofitting, Saint Paul, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, stimulus funds, subsidizing, sustainability, transit, Tucson, vehicle fleet, Washington, weatherization, working

A new report released recently assessed exactly how 40 of the country’s largest cities are trying to limit their carbon footprints and take the steps needed to raise these efforts to the next level. The report, initiated and conducted by Living Cities, a collaboration of 21 of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions is […]

Local Green Jobs Roundup: Detroit, San Francisco, Ohio, Nevada, New York and Florida

By Tracey de Morsella on April 14, 2009 Comments Off on Local Green Jobs Roundup: Detroit, San Francisco, Ohio, Nevada, New York and Florida Babcock Ranch, Brooklyn Navy Yard, construction jobs, detroit, Duggal Greenhouse, energy efficiency, Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan, Florida, Fort Myers, Global Wind Systems, GoSolarSF, green jobs, greenhouse gas, John Fellhauer of Fellhauer Mechanical Systems, Large-Scale Solar Association, Masdar City, Michael R. Bloomberg, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Nevada, New York, novi, Oak Harbor, Ohio, Perry Avenue Building, photovoltaic solar power plant, planned community, Portage Township study, residential solar power, San Francisco, SF Energy Watch, Solar City, Solar Generating Facilities, solar Power Plants, solar;, tax credits, tax revenues, Terra Community College, The Sun Rises On Nevada, turbines, Vote Solar, wind energy, wind power, Wind Power Technology Certificate, wind turbine, wind turbine assembly

The wind energy industry will brings badly needed jobs to Detroit. Local green jobs are rising as San Francisco solar and energy efficiency incentive programs expand. Terra Community College in Ohio will be offering a new wind power certificate. A new study shows that investment in solar generating facilities could bring thousand of jobs to Nevada. Green initiatives bring new jobs to Brooklyn Navy Yard. Planned ‘Solar City’ in Florida will bring 20,000 jobs to the region.