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Create 2 Million Green Jobs in Just 2 Years

Portland Business Journal reports on NRDC’s newest ‘green jobs’ report, saying that with $100 billion in tax credits and investments the US could create 2 million ‘green jobs’ within two years; Frances Beinecke is mentioned as a ‘green jobs supporter’ in the piece… Thom Cmar addresses NRDC’s opposition to SunCoke’s attempt to “plop a heavy polluter just across from an elementary school and less than a mile from a nursing home” in the Middletown Journal… On WDET Detroit Today, Henry Henderson talks about the importance of protecting great lakes water from invasive species carried by large ocean ships… About.com tells readers who object to proposed changes to gut the Endangered Species Act to go to NRDC to voice their objections… NRDC’s ongoing lawsuit regarding Sacramento’s Friant Dam is referenced in a McClatchy Tribune article on the slowness of Federal courts.

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