Green Jobs

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Growing Green Collar Jobs explores how sustainability can be an economic engine for New York City. We define green-collar jobs as work in an environmental sector that provides family-sustaining wages, workplace safety and health, and chances for advancement. Prepared for the New York City Apollo Alliance, the report looks at the opportunities for creating new green-collar jobs, the importance of retooling existing jobs to incorporate environmental practices, and the barriers to green-collar job creation.

http://www.urbanagenda.org/projects.htm#growing

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A smart 4-page overview of some of the primary obstacles to large-scale energy efficiency retrofits, some solutions and a basic model that could be used to finance the Clean Energy Corps idea on the municipal, state or federal level.  This was written by the brilliant Joel Rogers.

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This document outlines the basic $200 billion ask we've developed to create a national Clean Energy Corps.  Check it out!