Publications Green Recovery: A Program to Create Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy showed that by investing $100 billion in the green economy, the U.S. could create two million jobs in two years and reduce unemployment to 4.4 percent. The report, commissioned by the Center for American Progress, authored by the Political Economy Research Institute at UMass, and released with Green Jobs for America, outlined a rapid green recovery program that would create four times more jobs than the same investment in oil by investing in six renewable energy and energy efficiency strategies. Read the report and job-creation numbers for 34 states. Read a press release on the report from the Blue Green Alliance.
Report: Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-by-State Picture of Occupations that Gain from Green Investments, a report released in June from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, examines 12 states and the people employed in occupations affected by six green economic strategies: building retrofitting, mass transit, energy-efficient automobiles, wind power, solar power and cellulosic biofuels. Sponsored by NRDC as part of the Green Jobs for America campaign, the report shows millions of U.S. workers will benefit from a movement to defeat global warming and transform the United States into a green economy. Download the report, read the press release and state fact sheets.
Making it Green in Minneapolis Saint Paul. On Earth Day 2008, the Blue Green Alliance joined with the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul to release "Making it Green in Minneapolis Saint Paul," a report providing a blueprint for pursuing green manufacturing and taking advantage of the expanding business sectors related to green products and design. Read the press release and report.
Road to Energy Independence, a 2007 report produced by the Blue Green Alliance and The Renewable Energy Policy Project documenting the potential of a national Renewable Electricity Standard to create thousands of jobs making parts for wind turbines, solar panels and other clean energy technologies.
Our Children's World: Steelworkers and the Environment, a report developed by the USW Environmental Task Force and adopted August 30, 1990 at the 25th Constitutional Convention in Toronto, Ontario. Read the report. Web sitesAlliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment Center for Health, Environment and Justice Collaborative on Health and the Environment New Jersey Work Environment Council Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch |
