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Green Jobs Act of 2007 |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 4:33 pm |
| Tags: the house, economy, global warming |
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Complain all you want about the other things not done, but this kind of legislation could only be done by a Democratic majority in Congress. Huffington Post: (T)he media so far has missed one of the most interesting and innovative proposals that will be voted on: the Green Jobs Act of 2007. This ground-breaking legislation will make $120 million a year available across the country to begin training workers (and would-be workers) for jobs in the clean energy sector. When the bill becomes law, 35,000 people a year will benefit from cutting edge, vocational education in fields that could literally save the Earth. Lofty as that sounds, the Green Jobs Act is responding smartly to an important, practical need. To beat global warming and meet the energy challenges of the future, the United States will need hundreds of thousands of “green-collar workers.” Such workers will be needed to install millions of solar panels; weatherize homes and other buildings; create a sufficient [ Full article ] |
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