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Conservatives want to end support for America's fastest growing industry
In these grim economic times, one U.S. industry has defied gravity. It employs 100,000 Americans at 5,000 mostly small businesses in all 50 states. And it's wildly popular with the American public -- but not with Republicans in Congress.
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Red states, green jobs
It's too bad conservative lawmakers want to shut the South's booming clean economy down, since green jobs fight poverty in the region.
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Obama rips GOP defeatism: ‘I’m not going to surrender to other countries’
Republicans are using Solyndra as an excuse to dismiss clean energy manufacturing in the U.S. Obama doesn't give up so easily.
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David Roberts talks green jobs with EnergyNow! [VIDEO]
David Roberts sat down with the folks at EnergyNow! to discuss "green jobs." Here's the video.
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Detroit everyman uses DIY moxie to turn his town into a solar mecca
Dave Strenski, resident of Detroit exurb Ypsilanti, got it into his head that he would help the local food co-op reduce its bills by installing solar panels on its roof. And he didn't let his complete lack of experience with solar stand in the way. At this point, he's not only put solar on the […]
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Plane flies 200 miles in two hours on just electricity
Pipistrel-USA's Taurus G4 won the NASA's CAFE Green Flight Challenge (top prize $1.35 million!) by flying 200 miles in under two hours, using an amount of electricity equivalent to less than two gallons of gas. Google sponsored the competition, which is supposed to stimulate the “electric plane industry.” Who even knew there was an electric […]
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Green jobs by the numbers
Cleantech sectors saw explosive growth in 2003-2010, despite the Great Recession.
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Global investment in clean energy blowin' the hell up
Global total new investment in clean energy 2004-10 ($BN)
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Attention, pundits: We have the makings of a serious U.S. solar program
Three ambitious projects could put the U.S. on course for a major solar expansion -- if they get enough attention and support. Thomas Friedman, listen up!
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Getting the facts straight on green jobs
The past few weeks have seen a storm of misinformation on green jobs: What they are, how many there are, how much they contribute to the economy.
