Green Jobs posts, articles, and infographics

Siemens Employee Highlighted During “State of the Union” Address

January 31, 2012 by Sheila Oliva
with 276 views

During his State of the Union Address to Congress on January 24, 2012, President Barack Obama recognized Siemens Energy as an example of how investing in manufacturing and innovative technologies can create jobs and build a strong America.An example of such job creation was highlighted via our own Jackie Bray, who was seated in a place... [read more]

Advanced biofuels could create millions of jobs while greening the economy

January 26, 2012 by Annegrethe Jakobsen
with 361 views

A new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance - launched during World Economic Forum at Davos - estimates the socioeconomic prospects of deploying advanced biofuels in eight of the highest agricultural-producing regions in the world, i.e. Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, EU-27, India, Mexico and the USA.The report was commissioned... [read more]

Don't Believe the Fantasy Job Claims on Keystone XL: It's Not in Our Best Interest

January 13, 2012 by Nicole Lederer
with 448 views

Groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable say they speak for the country’s business interests. When it comes to the Keystone XL pipeline, they most definitely do not. Nicole Lederer explains why. [read more]

A Look Forward to 2012 from Carbon War Room

January 10, 2012 by Jigar Shah
with 188 views

Dear friends, colleagues, and fearless change-makers,The Carbon War Room had a very busy and productive 2011 which would not have been possible without all your support. As we enter 2012, we also acknowledge strong headwinds in the form of an embattled global deal, low carbon prices, and increased carbon emissions even during the... [read more]

American Industry and EV Battery Safety

December 18, 2011 by James Greenberger
with 757 views

The bright side of the Volt fire is that it may just show the way for American companies and American technology to get a leg up in the advanced battery race. Let’s see product safety as an opportunity, not as a threat. Let’s encourage the NHTSA and other agencies of state and federal government to require the highest levels of safety possible in EV batteries. Safety is something we do very well as a country (relatively speaking). Let’s use that advantage to put American workers and American technology to work building safe advanced batteries for EV’s. [read more]

"Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" Rhetoric Hampers Renewable Development

November 4, 2011 by Michael Giberson
with 257 views

If you believed what politicians say about green energy and jobs, you probably think they fit together like peanut butter and jelly squished between layers of bread. Has there been a renewable power subsidy announcement or ribbon-cutting ceremony where the word “jobs” was not featured in the first two or three sentences uttered by... [read more]

A Big Week in Clean Energy for Massachusetts

October 21, 2011 by Walter Frick
with 240 views

In case you hadn’t noticed, the clean energy community in Massachusetts is having a great week. The Bay State is widely recognized as a national clean energy leader and three items this week underscore why that is. While each of these got some news here and there, it’s worth pulling all three together to demonstrate the state’s envious position in clean energy. [read more]

Energy Efficiency: Jobs Creator

October 18, 2011 by Carrie Nash
with 401 views

The national news has been focused lately on some high profile renewable energy failures. But they’ve been missing out on the bigger picture: clean energy jobs, powered by energy efficiency, are growing and here to stay. [read more]

US Must Work Effectively With China on Technology Deals

September 25, 2011 by James Greenberger
with 307 views

But Senators Levin and Stabenow have a legitimate concern. For while it may be OK for U.S. companies to sell their technology and know-how to China, the terms of those sales will be negotiated and determined by the relative negotiating leverage of the parties to the transaction. Here U.S. companies, which negotiate deals independently with Chinese counterparts that are often government-owned or government-directed, are at a serious disadvantage. The leverage held by the Chinese party (i.e., access to a market comprising one quarter of the earth’s population) is huge. General Motors is a large and sophisticated company that can probably take care of itself. But for the vast majority of U.S. companies facing requests for technology transfer, it is a one-sided negotiation. This should rightfully concern Senator Levin and Senator Stabenow, as the “green” technology and know-how being traded away on unfavorable terms may well have been developed with U.S. taxpayer dollars. [read more]

A Marshall Plan to Build a Smart Grid -- in China

September 18, 2011 by James Greenberger
with 1,033 views

There is a deal to be cut here. It is time to put substance into the Framework for Ten Year Cooperation on Energy and Environment signed by President Obama and President Hu in November 2009. The government of China should contract with the U.S. power industry, coordinated through the U.S. Department of Energy, to build a complete smart grid in China. This would be no less than a Marshall Plan to build a 21st Century smart power grid in China. [read more]

Will Solar Bankruptcies Be Different From Ethanol's?

September 7, 2011 by Geoffrey Styles
with 1,051 views

The solar equipment business appears to be undergoing a shakeout, as three US solar firms have declared bankruptcy in the last few weeks. The most prominent of these was Solyndra, which was notable for its receipt of a $535 million federal loan guarantee. Joining Solyndra in bankruptcy filings were Massachusetts-based Evergreen Solar,... [read more]

Green Jobs, Gore's Gaff & Government Getting Out of the Way: The Green Skeptic on FOX

August 30, 2011 by Scott Edward Anderson
with 186 views

This morning I talked with Stuart Varney about green jobs, Al Gore's bizarre statement equating climate skeptics with racists, and getting the government out of the way of private sector job creation. Here's the video: Watch the latest video at <a href="http://video.foxbusiness.com">video.foxbusiness.com</a> And here's a... [read more]

The Energy Jobs Promise

August 25, 2011 by Jim Russell
with 259 views

Michelle Bachmann is promising cheap gas and millions of energy jobs. The hyperbole is absurd and sheds light on similar claims coming from the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) and PA politicians in the back pocket of industry. The latest from Bachmann:“What Barack Obama has done is lock up America’s energy reserves,” she said. “We’re... [read more]

Silicon Valley: Clean Tech's New Capital?

August 10, 2011 by Silvio Marcacci
with 861 views

California’s Silicon Valley is known for launching the Internet revolution, but the region has also become the epicenter of America’s clean tech industry. Billions of dollars in venture capital funding to energy-related companies has helped the region weather the economic downturn by growing green jobs 109 percent over the last decade. energyNOW! correspondent Lee Patrick Sullivan visited Silicon Valley to find out how the region’s shift toward clean energy is empowering tech-savvy workers and entrepreneurs to take charge of America’s energy future. [read more]

Brookings: Drive Energy Innovation to Grow the Clean Economy

July 18, 2011 by Teryn Norris
with 259 views

Over the past few years, “green jobs” and the “clean economy” have become the growth mantra for a wide variety of energy, climate, and economic policy advocates. Much of this excitement has been productive and justified, but some of it has been misinformed. Few reports have shed more light on this debate than the new study by the... [read more]