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Retrofitting Our Way Back to Economic Recovery

By Chris de Morsella on October 19, 2009 2 Comments American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, carbon dioxide, CEQ, Department of Energy, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Labor, DOE, energy efficiency, energy efficiency retrofitting, energy efficient home, energy efficient mortgages, Energy Retrofit Working Group, Energy Star, energy-efficient, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, global warming, greenhouse gas, Hilda Solis, Joe Biden, Karen Mills, Middle Class Task Force, municipal energy financing, Nancy Sutley, Recovery Through Retrofit Report, reduce home energy bill, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Labor, Shaun Donovan, Small Business Administration, Steven Chu, weatherization, White House Council on Environmental Quality

This country’s 130 million homes together generate more than 20% of the nation’s carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emissions. This is one of the most significant contributing sources in the country to global warming. Existing techniques and technologies in energy efficiency retrofitting can reduce home energy use by up to 40 percent per home on average which would also lower our national greenhouse gas emissions by 160 million metric tons annually by the year 2020. In addition doing so would reduce home energy bills by $21 billion a year and over time these savings would more than pay for the high up-front costs for energy efficiency retrofitting.

Investors Will Bring The Green Jobs

By Tracey de Morsella on August 12, 2009 1 Comment alternative energy, capital, clean technology, cleantech, confidence, Credit, Ernst & Young, Green Business, green collar jobs, green jobs, Hilda Solis, investment, jobs, stabilize, U.S. Labor Secretary, venture capital investing

The alternative energy industry — the green business — is about to ramp up its hiring, with the next year likely to show an increase in demand, according to U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. All signs truly point in this direction. In addition to the development of the green energy business over the past several years, the amount of capital flowing into fledgling companies in this space is growing rapidly.

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 […]