Modernizing and greening California’s schools will create thousands of good jobs and improve the educational environment for students, according to California State Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and Carl Pope.

The Apollo Alliance Project of the BlueGreen Alliance presented the Right Stuff Awards to Denise Fairchild, Inaugural President of the Emerald Cities Collaborative and California-based Applied Materials.

Students sitting in classrooms today are the future of the American economy. They will be the ones building, designing, teaching, selling, implementing, and maintaining all the facets of industries that will drive the global economy.

The Texas BlueGreen Apollo Program provides a comprehensive clean energy jobs creation strategy for Texas.

Jobs21! is a comprehensive plan that responds to the critical nationwide need for a job-creation strategy by focusing on the jobs and industries of the 21st century.

Labor unions and envi­ron­men­tal orga­ni­za­tions spoke out against leg­is­la­tion to pro­hibit state agencies from rules more strin­gent than fed­eral standards, saying that this would wipe out important environmental, consumer and worker protections.

Thanks to the folks at IBEW Local 158, the clean energy future is shining bright at Cerebral Palsy, Inc.—a nonprofit in the Greater Green Bay, WI area—where volunteers installed a solar array in June.

Updated from 2010, this report shows the economic, environmental and energy benefits of broadband and communications technologies.

In 2011, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed joint fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards for new cars and light trucks.

Gauging Growth shows expanding freight rail presents a significant opportunity to support and create quality U.S. jobs while improving the efficiency of freight movement and ensuring the nation remains competitive in the 21st century global economy.

The BlueGreen Alliance’s National Transportation Policy called for building a 21st century transportation infrastructure that will create jobs, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and pollution, and ensure the U.S. is globally competitive.

Members and representatives from the state’s top environmental organizations – the Sierra Club Michigan Chapter and Clean Water Action – today joined with Michigan labor leaders to call for an end to recent attacks on workers’ rights.