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Greening Ohio: Bringing Clean Energy Jobs to the Midwest

June 10, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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bluegreenalliance, cleanenergy, cleveland, climatelegislation, energyandclimate2009, greencollareconomy, greenjobs, jobs, ohio, waxmanmarkey

Last week I had the honor of speaking at the famous City Club in Cleveland, Ohio. In its more than 100 year history, the City Club has hosted every candidate who has run for president. I am not running for...continued

Clean Energy Sector: It's Time to Make Your Voices Heard

October 24, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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cleanenergy, cleantech, deutschebank, georgesoros, globalwarmingsolutions, greencollareconomy, greenjobs, markettransformation, renewabletaxcredit

Last week I heard a great story on NPR's Morning Edition about how a tiny investment in an energy efficient window coating went on to save Americans billions of dollars on utility bills and jump start a green building boom....continued

Not a Moment Too Soon: Van Jones' New Book

October 8, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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apolloalliance, cleantech, globalwarmingsolutions, greencollareconomy, greeneconomy, greenforall, greenjobs, solarpower, vanjones, windpower

Last week the Labor Department reported that 159,000 jobs were cut in September--twice as many as the previous two months. Meanwhile, energy prices remain high and Congress just handed out taxpayer subsidies for a host of polluting and costly fuels....continued