Executive Director Dave Foster’s on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules limiting carbon pollution for new power plants, which will protect the environment, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and spur our economy to become more energy efficient.

On the eve of construction season, Jobs 21! National Co-Chair Mark Schauer led a roundtable urging that infrastructure improvements are worth the short term pain for the long term gains they provide in job creation and boosting competitiveness.

A Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed that in 2010, 3.1 million jobs green jobs were created. What this report shows is that we need to double down on the industries of the 21st century that will build a more competitive American economy.

The Production Tax Credit (PTC) is a proven job creator that is essential to the growth of the American wind industry. We need to take action now to extend the Production Tax Credit, save jobs, and compete in the global clean energy economy.

In this fact sheet, the BlueGreen Alliance explains how supporting clean industry can create American jobs and keep the U.S. competitive.

Following the passage of the transportation bill by the Senate, Dave Foster stated, “This bill isn’t perfect but it’s an improvement the House’s proposal. We need action to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure.”

Dave Foster said the Senate’s failure to extend clean energy extenders was a mistake. “It’s not only the future of the renewable energy industries at stake, it’s also all the workers who stand to lose their jobs without it.”

Despite the recent economic recession, which confronted Americans with unemployment, stagnant wages, and rising fuel costs, there was one sector that outshone the rest: the clean economy.

Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield) today joined representatives from the BlueGreen Alliance, PG&E, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and IBEW 1245 solar energy workers to call for clean energy jobs that can recharge our economy.

According to Dave Foster, “We fully support initiatives unveiled today to rapidly deploy electric vehicles. We cannot afford to cede the growing market for advanced and fuel efficient vehicles – and the jobs that come with it – to other countries.”

“We are very proud of what our members at Knouse Foods are doing,” said John Cakmakci, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) Local 951 Secretary-Treasurer.

With Georgia’s unemployment rate hovering around 10 percent for over two years, Georgia is poised to gain from investing in green. This report looks at the state of the clean energy economy in Georgia and the opportunities for growth in it.