Sentences with phrase «green jobs bill»

Months later the first green jobs bill, the Green Jobs Act of 2007, was introduced in Congress.

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The on - bill financing provision, which is meant to growth in the green jobs sector, was a major goal of the Working Families Party, the union - backed third party in New York.

Mayor Bill de Blasio also announced for Earth Day that the NYC Green Job Corps will be launching its first class of pre-apprenticeships.

Those in favor of the ban emphasized the bill would include efforts to find the drivers new jobs — including offering them green cab medallions, and including plans for job training and the introduction of potential replacements for the carriages.

The bill introduced into the City Council this week would allow for some of them to receive reduced - price green taxi medallions, an offer at which many have scoffed, and also allows for the exploration of other new jobs (electric cars are one possibility that has been floated).

In April 2009, California State Senator Darrell Steinberg asked Reanna to testify before a senate committee on behalf of a bill that would fund more career academies like GETA that prepare students for green jobs.

As oil flowed unabated from the Gulf of Mexico seabed, Senator John Kerry used a speech today at a green jobs conference in Washington, D.C., to press the case for an energy bill that speeds the country's journey to a post-fossil future and constrains emissions of greenhouse gases.

The demise of the climate bill has me thinking about green jobs again.

Interviews with a cast of the usual experts—350.org co-founder Bill McKibben, former «green jobs czar» Van Jones, Earth Institute president Lester Brown — confirm this dire state of affairs: the earth is almost certain to warm more than 2 degrees Celsius.

Our events in Seattle and Portland have featured keynote speakers such as author and environmentalist Bill McKibben, green jobs visionary Van Jones, philanthropist Bill Gates on how to address climate change through clean energy innovation, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, business innovator Tom Steyer, Managing Director of the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) Danny Kennedy, the creators of Showtime's Years of Living Dangerously series, Nike's VP of Innovation Accelerator Hannah Jones, and Mindy Lubber of Ceres.

He wrapped it in promises of green jobs, profits from industry creating renewable clean energy, a stop to «bubble or bust» economic cycles, and all at no cost to the taxpayers because «polluters» pay the bill.

Keynote speakers at past breakfast and dinner events have included author and environmentalist Bill McKibben, green jobs visionary Van Jones, urban revitalization strategy consultant Majora Carter, philanthropist Bill Gates on how to address climate change through clean energy innovation, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, business innovator Tom Steyer, Managing Director of the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) Danny Kennedy, the creators of Showtime's Years of Living Dangerously, Nike's VP of the Innovation Accelerator Hannah Jones, and Mindy Lubber of Ceres.

«I can't vote for a bill unless my refineries [are protected]; because of the nature of my district, it's a job base and a tax base,» Green told Dow Jones.

The bill would have created 20,000 to 40,000 new green jobs.

With the increasing demand for environment - friendly practices, green jobs or green collar jobs have been billed by experts as an answer to [continue reading...]

During the next several weeks, The Tyee Solutions Society will explore trends within green building — call it Green Building 2.0 — with an eye for ideas that could pay off by helping create sustainable jobs in British Columbia, lower energy bills and make a real dent in emissions causing costly climate chgreen building — call it Green Building 2.0 — with an eye for ideas that could pay off by helping create sustainable jobs in British Columbia, lower energy bills and make a real dent in emissions causing costly climate chGreen Building 2.0 — with an eye for ideas that could pay off by helping create sustainable jobs in British Columbia, lower energy bills and make a real dent in emissions causing costly climate change.

Which is why, in a better world, some shrewd politician would amp up the current energy bill (instead of paring it down), and include green jobs provisions to address both concerns.

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.

And a new report gives further evidence to confirm this fact: 900,000 green jobs are en route to being created by the stimulus bill.

There is tremendous opportunity to solve both our environmental and our economic challenges through investment in green jobs and projects that increase energy efficiency and lower utility bills and transportation bills.

The climate bill has become such a fiercely partisan point inside the beltway, that it's easy to forget that there are millions of Republicans who want energy independence, green jobs, and clean energy innovation as well — and many who even are willing to fight to stop climate change.

«The bill will create «green» jobs in the U.S. by keeping e-waste recycling processes in the country,» Green said in the press relgreen» jobs in the U.S. by keeping e-waste recycling processes in the country,» Green said in the press relGreen said in the press release.

Given President Obama's focus on the climate and green jobs, it may be a surprise that much of what the Obama administration has done on those issues is implementing a bill that Congress passed with bipartisan support and President George W. Bush signed: the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA).

Indeed, a recent study by McGraw Hill predicts that the green - building market, both residential and commercial will double from $ 36 - $ 49 billion to $ 96 - $ 140 billion by 2013, with some of that money flowing from the $ 83 billion targeted for green jobs in the stimulus bill.

So what do I get for buying gold, I get to not grind for an epic mount, pay my repair bills, buy some green items while I grind for epics just like everyone else has to, buy food and drink without hassling a mage or buy some tradeskill recipes and reagents off AH... none of that will make me a better player or give me any advantage in PvP that is not available without buying gold, it just cuts out the part of the game that feels like a 2nd job.