Environment
Forum on green jobs to be held Wednesday in Hastings
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“Bring Home the Recovery Act: Creating Green Jobs for Minnesotans” will be the theme of a community forum Wednesday evening in Hastings.
Environment
Workers ready for ‘green collar’ jobs
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With both the state and federal governments putting new emphasis on “green” economic development, Ray Zeran is one of many workers ready to fill the ranks of a new “green collar” workforce.
Environment
Unionists, environmentalists, lawmakers discuss ‘good jobs, green jobs’
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Unionists, environmentalists and several senators discussed a wide range of ideas of creating "good jobs green jobs" at a 3-day conference last week in Washington, but a report by a pro-union jobs organization warned that often green jobs aren\’t all that good – or unionized.
Environment
Organize for a green economy, Ellison tells participants in national conference
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Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., urged 2,000 delegates to the Good Jobs Green Jobs conference to build support in communities across the nation for a new, green economy.
Environment
‘Good Jobs, Green Jobs’ conference to shape national debate
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From Feb. 4–6 in Washington, D.C. — just weeks after a new Congress and new administration take office — the 2009 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference will set the stage for stakeholders from across the country to forge an agenda for realizing the enormous opportunities to be achieved by investing in green jobs.
Environment
Environmental advocates rally for family-supporting, green-collar jobs
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About 50 community leaders, office holders and activists gathered at the Urban League in Minneapolis last Saturday to declare themselves ready for the transition to a new economy driven by so-called "green-collar" jobs.
Environment
Duluth sees real evidence of the new ‘green’ economy
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It wasn\’t many years ago that union members and environmentalists didn\’t mesh very well. Things have changed on many levels now and unionized construction and manufacturing workers are seeing the benefit of a "green economy" as job losses multiple in more traditional employment sectors.
Environment
Renewable energy technology can lead to 2 million new jobs, report says
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As national unemployment passed 6 percent for the month of August, a new report shows the United States can create two million jobs nationwide by investing in renewable energy technologies that will strengthen the economy and fight global warming.
Environment
Minnesotans urge action to create green jobs
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Union members, environmentalists and other citizens rallied Sunday to call on Governor Tim Pawlenty and other elected leaders to create and implement a plan for "green jobs."
Environment
AFSCME to ‘go green’ at national convention
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The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the 1.6-million-member public service union, is planning its "greenest" convention ever July 28 to Aug. 1 in San Francisco.