On August 8, labor and environmental advocates came together for a Clean Energy and Global Solutions Tour in Pittsburgh. To show the potential that exists in the clean energy economy, participants visited the LEED silver certified Firstside Center and traveled along the "Green Corridor" in Larimer, which features a GTECH bioenergy garden, Penn State University Applied Research.

Local Organizations Announce Plans for Green Jobs, KDKA-TV CBS (Pittsburgh), August 8, 2008

Blue Green Alliance Uses PNC Firstside Center as Environmentally Friendly Example, Pittsburgh Channel, August 8, 2008