green jobs

Buzz words and hot topics come and go, but “green jobs” are here to stay. In a recovering economy, jobs remain a top priority for our leaders and the Americans they represent. Green building jobs represent a bright light in the recovery process, because these are long-term, high-quality jobs for the future. As the economy rebounds, there...[read more]

Check out how owners of large buildings are tracking exactly how much energy their properties use and using that data to lower their consumption. Cool![read more]

One of my loyal readers was kind enough to bring to my attention a troubling article from the Washington Post in which a man who had earned 9 green certifications and sent out hundreds of resumes still has yet to receive a single job offer. In September, I spoke at a Woodrow Wilson Foundation event on green jobs for women. ...[read more]

Nat Keohane In a blogpost the other day (Cancun can’t: Ten reasons why the climate talks will fail), I devoted a paragraph (see below) to what could have been a longer critique of the way environmental groups tried to sell legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions as a jobs program. I was reflecting my sense that green groups, in...[read more]

In his State of the City address last week, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson detailed his plans to use sustainability as an economic engine, and a hoped for path out of poverty. Jackson—who convened 700 people to create a vision for a sustainable city last summer at the inaugural Sustainable Cleveland 2019 summit—started to...[read more]

The green building industry is entering an interesting period. In 2009, the green building movement was embraced as a solution to economic and environmental problems. "Green jobs" were touted as a way to improve the economy while reducing unemployment. Investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency measures was championed as a way...[read more]

A new study released by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Booz Allen Hamilton concludes that green building will add $554 billion to the U.S. economy (including $396 billion in new wages), and support 7.9 million U.S. jobs during the next four year period (2009-2013). The study also confirms that...[read more]

Barbara Boxer, Senator from California and chair of the Senate committee on the environment and public works, kicked off three days of hearings on the latest version of the Kerry-Boxer climate change legislation. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Treasury Secretary Ray LaHood, and E.P.A. Administrator Lisa...[read more]