Few will hear of, or read the report described below. Half of those who do will scoff at it. But it's not a pipe dream. If we had a different political system, the 55,000 jobs that could be created in Michigan through clean energy policies, the 35,000 in Wisconsin, the 37,000 in Minnesota, and so forth -- could really happen. Imagine.
Nice, too, to see a labor union endorsing this approach.
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Coalition of Labor and Environmental Advocates Endorse
Groundbreaking Report by Redefining Progress
Landmark State-by-State Analysis of the Job Creation Potential
of a Smart Energy Policy
The report, "Smarter, Cleaner, Stronger: Secure Jobs, a Clean
Environment and Less Foreign Oil," details for the first time on
a national and a state-by-state basis the economic benefits that
will result from energy policies that stimulate the development
of clean energy technologies.
The report was endorsed by the Sierra Club, the United
Steelworkers, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the
Union of Concerned Scientists, the Natural Resources Defense
Council, UNITE HERE and the New Jersey Work Environmental
Council. Several other labor and environmental groups endorsed
the report as well.
Different partnership combinations of these groups are using our
report as the basis for an ad campaign running in several states
which advocates for clean energy policy as a way of
strengthening the economy and creating jobs. The ads are based
on the one below, but tailored with job numbers for the state
where each is placed.
To see the reports and a map of the U.S. with our findings for
each state, visit our website at:
http://www.redefiningprogress.org/bluegreen
We welcome your questions and comments: (510) 444-3041 or communications@rprogress.org.
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