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The G20, Climate Talks, and Trade Measures: Keeping Jobs in America

September 25, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming

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alcoa, allowances, climatelegislation, climateweek, copenhagencountdown, energyandclimate2009, G20, greenjobs, laborunions, manufacturing, pittsburgh, steelworkers, trade, tradeadjustment, USCAP

The G20 Summit has arrived in Pittsburgh on the heels of the Climate Summit in New York. These back-to-back meetings on the world's climate and the world's economy signify that protecting the planet has economic dimensions.  So let's ask the question that's on...continued

G20 Summit Highlights Pennsylvania's Green Jobs Potential

September 24, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming

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cleanenergy, climateweek, copenhagencountdown, G20, globalwarming, greenjobs, laborunions, madeinamerica, pittsburgh, steelworkers

On Wednesday, the last "Made in America" rally took place in Pennsylvania. Members of the United Steelworkers other unions joined forces with environmentalists to show their support for clean energy and climate legislation just before world leaders pull into town for...continued