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Where The Jobs Are – Interactive Tools Tells You Where to Look

By Tracey de Morsella on March 18, 2009 3 Comments Environmental Defense Fund, Fred Krupp, global warming, green jobs, low-carbon, supply chain

Where The Jobs Are – Interactive Tools Tells You Where to Look

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) recently published an online map that identifies and profiles more than 1,200 companies in key manufacturing states that they see as poised create new jobs when Congress passes a cap on global warming pollution. The interactive map spotlights companies located in manufacturing regions, including those in communities in the rust belt and coal country.

Vice President Joe Biden Convenes First Middle Class Task Force Meeting on Green Jobs

By Tracey de Morsella on February 28, 2009 Comments Off on Vice President Joe Biden Convenes First Middle Class Task Force Meeting on Green Jobs AFL-CIO, Apollo Alliance, Bill Clinton, Blue Green Alliance, Center for American Progress, Duke University Center on Globalization, energy, Environmental Defense Fund, Governance and Competitiveness, green collar economy, green collar jobs, Green for All, green jobs, Green Jobs scorecard, Hilda Solis, Joe Biden, John Podesta, Leo Gerard, middle class families, Obama, organized labor, Pat Eiding, Philadelphia, power grid, President's Council of Economic Advisers, Recovery Act Implementation, Tom Vilsak, United Steelworkers of America, University of Pennsylvania, van jones, weatherizing, White House Task Force on Middle Class Families

Creating green jobs is the first order of business for the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families. Led by Vice President Joe Biden, the Task Force held its inaugural meeting on Friday in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania. “At a time when good jobs and good wages are harder and harder to […]

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