Sentences with phrase «about clean energy jobs»
The president was trying to pass an economic recovery bill that included $ 90 billion in green projects — the groups should talk about clean energy jobs instead.
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The U.S. wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector for jobs, thanks to years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.
So it's entirely appropriate — and encouraging — to mention clean energy when you talk about job creation, trade, university research, or Northern Canada.
It's about warmer homes, quieter and cleaner cars, greater economic and energy security, as well as jobs and business opportunities created by the low carbon transition.
«The people of Buffalo and Western New York have heard a lot of talk about clean - energy jobs and a sustainable economy.
We're talking about 4.5 million jobs over the next 15 years (with clean energy).
«Clinton laid out an ambitious framework to put our nation on a path to a clean energy economy that will create millions of jobs — and in the coming months, we look forward to hearing more details about her proposals to tackle climate change,» Steyer said.
The Obama administration's initiatives aim higher, seeking to not only develop new energy technologies, but bring about their commercial success, generating jobs and U.S. leadership in clean energy technologies for the future, according to the president.
About CALSTART CALSTART and its 160 member companies are dedicated to expanding and supporting a clean transportation industry that cleans the air, creates jobs and economic opportunities, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and secures our transportation energy future.
The language is now all about energy security, lowering prices and clean energy jobs - with not a whiff of CO2 in sight.
While the Democratic leadership of the waning 111th Congress failed to get legislation passed into law to address climate change, the House global warming committee, led by Rep. Ed Markey (D - MA), convened dozens of important hearings and briefings featuring top climate scientists and national security experts to educate Congress and the public about the need for swift action to secure America's energy independence, create clean energy jobs and mitigate climate change emissions.
What could these lobbyists and Astroturfers for dirty energy corporations that deny the threat of climate change possibly have to offer in this conversation about how to move towards a clean energy future that will provide millions of jobs and secure our economy?
The Obama administration mostly stopped talking about climate change years ago; when the president talks about the environment, which is rarely, he'll discuss green jobs, or a clean energy future.
But the concern about the competition for clean energy jobs is not just about China.
«It's a real honor to provide a service that creates jobs, delivers substantial savings to our partners, teaches students about clean energy and is beneficial for the environment.»
Our opportunity here isn't only about protecting the ocean waters of America, marine life, a favorite surf break, jobs or a given beach community; it's about demanding that our government utilize the best available science and data and listen to the massive outpouring of public opposition to destructive offshore oil and gas development, to shift the tides of energy development instead away from fossil fuels and toward renewables; it's about holding our President and federal agencies accountable for decisions they make about the management of the ocean; it's about protecting the ocean and every coastline from the atrocity and injustice of offshore drilling and exploration; it's about protecting clean water, air and beaches now and for the future; it's about protecting one another, and the Earth.
Since taking office, the president has spoken frequently about the role of clean energy technologies in creating millions of new jobs and revitalizing the economy.
Share your support for the Clean Power Plan by learning more about — and highlighting — the many benefits it provides, from cleaner air to US jobs, energy savings to increased renewable energy.
Yet what Koch - affiliated groups like ALEC and the American Energy Alliance manage to do is take policies that save jobs and strengthen (clean) energy security and make them all about President Obama's agenda: any show of support for clean energy, goes their pro-fossil fuel line of reasoning, is a direct endorsement of climate action / the existence of climate change, and thus can not be toleEnergy Alliance manage to do is take policies that save jobs and strengthen (clean) energy security and make them all about President Obama's agenda: any show of support for clean energy, goes their pro-fossil fuel line of reasoning, is a direct endorsement of climate action / the existence of climate change, and thus can not be toleenergy security and make them all about President Obama's agenda: any show of support for clean energy, goes their pro-fossil fuel line of reasoning, is a direct endorsement of climate action / the existence of climate change, and thus can not be toleenergy, goes their pro-fossil fuel line of reasoning, is a direct endorsement of climate action / the existence of climate change, and thus can not be tolerated.
In a speech earlier this summer, President Obama stated, «There's no longer a question about whether the jobs and the industries of the 21st century will be centered around clean, renewable energy.
Liberals insist this is all about «clean energy jobs.»
About a week before the Senate climate and clean energy jobs bill is expected to be released, the 5th US Climate Action report has been drafted by the State Department, according to Reuters.
Amidst the din of promises over clean coal and fears about job losses, he and his team in Washington, DC, are working to make renewable energy and energy efficiency
On March 26, 2009 The White House and a whole bunch of environmental group leaders decided to stop talking about climate change and push the agenda by talking instead about national security, green jobs, clean energy economic growth, clean energy future, diversification of energy, health, future generations...
They'll account for about 1 / 10th of one percent of all layoffs throughout the U.S. Meanwhile, economists with the Political Economy Research Institute predicted in 2009 that clean energy investments and increased environmental regulations would lead to a net increase of 1.7 million jobs.