Showing posts with label Green Jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green Jobs. Show all posts

Friday, February 22, 2013

Jet Fighter Wings into Wind Turbine Blades | Common Dreams

Jet Fighter Wings into Wind Turbine Blades | Common Dreams
"This report explains how the government could move the money it now spends on weapons systems at large companies like Boeing, to projects that help us get off of fossil fuels. Done right, no jobs would be lost and the industrial part of the military-industrial complex would become less dependent on military contracts; instead those companies would become part of the effort to prevent the worst effects of global climate change."

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

How EPA Climate Protection Can Be America’s Greatest Jobs Producer | Common Dreams

How EPA Climate Protection Can Be America’s Greatest Jobs Producer | Common Dreams
"As our country is devastated by more and more severe droughts, floods, fires, and superstorms, the public is demanding regulation of the greenhouse gasses that cause climate change.  The corporations that profit from coal, oil, and gas fear such regulation will reduce their profits and the value of their investments.  They and their political mouthpieces have a solution, however: persuade the public that regulation of greenhouse gasses will destroy American jobs.  The truth?  Climate change is destroying American jobs right now — but climate protection will produce millions of new jobs.  Here’s why."