economy
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Solar Industry Executives Talk About Massive Solar Jobs Growth
In mid-October, my Tigercomm colleague Mark Sokolove and I took Scaling Green’s Communicating Energy lecture series on the road to the Solar Power International 2011 (SPI) conference and trade show in Dallas, Texas. With so many articulate, knowledgeable, clean energy thought leaders and company representatives in attendance, the opportunity to interview several of these folks on the state of the solar […]
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Obama's jobs council hearts environmental destruction
The Fortune 500 CEOs who make up the president's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness are all about building Keystone XL, reinstating deepwater drilling in the Gulf, and fracking up West Virginia. The idea is that these projects will create jobs and economic growth, at least until there's a disaster of some sort that economically depresses […]
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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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How Congress is turning America into China
Reading news from Washington D.C., while spending a week in China, it seems to me that some members of Congress are backing policies that would make America much more like China — without any of the economic benefits. The House voted last week 249 to 169 to curtail the EPA’s ability to reduce air pollution […]
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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.
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Over 100,000 Americans work in solar industry
The GOP makes no effort to hide its opposition to clean energy. But the solar industry far outpaces the growth rate of the overall U.S. economy.
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Conversations You WON'T Overhear
As summer gives grudging way to our back-to-work lives, busy execs will likely compare notes at Chamber of Commerce luncheons about the economy and job creation. We can all imagine those conversations, given recent market and political news, but here are a few you won’t be likely to overhear. Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon/Mobil: Hey […]
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Don’t buy the job-killing hype: Regulations create jobs, save lives
Environmental regulations often create new jobs, while preventing senseless deaths and improving our standard of living at the same time.
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Obama gives strong jobs speech, defends pollution standards
Obama’s big job speech exceeded expectations. He didn't mention clean energy by name, but he did emphasize that it's a core job-creating industry.