Sentences with phrase «green construction jobs»

With that shift has come a steep rise in new green construction jobs.
The two said the plan will create 19,000 green construction jobs and reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions by 5 percent.

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Just another earth - moving, earth - saving day at the job site for the Green Toys ™ Construction Trucks, made in the USA from 100 % recycled plastic milk jugs that save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emission.
It's this construction of low - carbon generation that will bring vast potential to the UK economy in the form of green jobs.
Hawkins estimated during his campaign the Green New Deal would create 4.5 million temporary construction jobs throughout the plan's lengthy implementation, as well as 58,000 permanent jobs.
Months of discussion about jobs, development and construction came to naught for several losing communities last week when just three casino projects got the green light from New York state's gaming commission.
Ken Volk, senior vice president at Macerich, said in a statement that «the Green Acres Mall project creates 670 construction jobs, more than 800 permanent jobs, and significant local sales tax revenue.
The company is committed to the construction of high performance green buildings; progressive job site technology; and safer, faster and more cost - effective execution.
Green jobs galore: 950 construction jobs, to be followed by 500 permanent manufacturing jobs (possibly more if expanded to 5 GW / year).
Politico reports that Republicans accused Obama of «bowing to an extremist green agenda that would rob the U.S. of thousands of construction jobs and other economic benefits.»
New York ranks in the top 5 states in terms of the volume of green construction, which contributed a total of $ 31.62 billion to the state's GDP between 2011 to 2014 while supporting 369,000 New York jobs, according to a 2015 economic impact study by the U.S. Green Building Cougreen construction, which contributed a total of $ 31.62 billion to the state's GDP between 2011 to 2014 while supporting 369,000 New York jobs, according to a 2015 economic impact study by the U.S. Green Building CouGreen Building Council.
Upgrading and insulating our building stock could form the core of a green economic programme that would reduce fuel poverty, cut carbon emissions and save construction jobs.
It is expected that the manufacturing and construction of these projects will create hundreds of new jobs in Ontario and continue to position Ontario as a North American leader in green energy.
Barrack Obama says in the radio address that 2.5 million jobs will be created with investments into green jobs, the energy sector and construction by January 2011.
The report, which was released at U.S.G.B.C.'s annual Greenbuild conference last week, also estimated that spending on green construction already supports more than 2.4 million jobs from 2000 to 2008 and generated more than $ 120 billion in wages over that time.
By allowing construction to begin on this segment and postponing comprehensive approval, Obama is trying to protect both his flanks — he's trying to resist the full - fledged wrath of green groups while simultaneously catering to the right's «jobs and energy» talking points.
The construction and manufacturing industries will experience high rates of job growth, because those greener buildings and innovations need people to build them.
So when Dix nixed expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline that ships oil from Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C., ostensibly because of environmental concerns (and to win back environmental New Democrats who were leaking — if not gushing — into the Green camp), his campaign may have run aground, and his comments may have angered members of the B.C. and Yukon Territories Building and Construction Trades Council, who were counting on the union jobs that the project would create.
The FIT contract contains domestic content requirements that are intended to help foster investment, green manufacturing, construction, and installation jobs in Ontario.
High - demand jobs within this field include construction workers building green homes and businesses, architects designing such buildings, PR specialists promoting green efforts, agricultural inspectors ensuring the quality of meat and produce, and electricians installing more energy efficient fixtures.
«When you have a client purchasing the materials or items for the job, it is difficult to coordinate what's going on in their minds with your construction schedule,» says Joseph Green, a national project manager at Pittsburgh - based Flynn Cconstruction schedule,» says Joseph Green, a national project manager at Pittsburgh - based Flynn ConstructionConstruction.
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