Ed Stoll was searching for something more than just an everyday electrician’s job, particularly after he adopted a little girl from Vietnam to be part of his family in the Milwaukee area.

A report from the BlueGreen Alliance shows that more than 850,000 manufacturing jobs at firms already in existence across all 50 states could be created with the enactment of a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) of 25 percent by 2025.

Together with CWA’s Speed Matters campaign, Sierra Club and Progressive States Network, the BlueGreen Alliance is working to make affordable high-speed Internet accessible to everyone. Read more about its economic and environmental benefits.

The Apollo Green Manufacturing Action Plan is a set of federal policy recommendations to spur domestic green manufacturing.

This report by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) shows a rapid investment in six global warming strategies will create nearly 2 million jobs in two years.

The New Apollo Program will accelerate the development of the nation’s vast clean energy resources and move us toward energy security, climate stability, and economic prosperity.

This report, released in June 2008, examined 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.

A national Renewable Electricity Standard would create thousands of manufacturing jobs at existing firms making parts for wind turbines, solar panels and other clean energy technologies.