It can add sparking the growth of a green job market in the capital to the list.
Although the home of the 10-gallon hat is hardly a modern ecotopia, Houston has the third-largest green job market in the country.
Further, it is clearly underestimating the economic cost because every green job created will likely result in several jobs lost, accompanied by a ripple effect of undesirable consequences.
Although there are already funds set aside from the Recovery Act for green jobs training programs, the five year strategic plan includes more green job training opportunities for Americans.
The expert meeting will focus on four thematic blocks: target the most affected and vulnerable, draw from a variety of knowledge sources, prepare for disaster, and building green societies through green job training.
But still, he might maybe have been have just a little bit more precise about what qualifies a green job as being green, as compared with one that is brown, or worse, possibly black.
John has unequal passions for the possibilities of green job growth in the future, and how, through projects like weatherization and retrofitting of buildings, we could generate millions of jobs and create huge prospects for growth over the long term.
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Craig Pinckney, 34, a shipping manager at a Connecticut environmental laboratory, seriously considered trading in his Alienware Area 51 tower (complete with a cyborg-green paint job) for the new Doom 3 machine, but decided he could just upgrade his processor and video card instead.
All it needs is a green paint job, a big number "2" on both sides and you've set up every Thunderbirds fan in the country for a month of restless nights: this pointlessly excessive system definitely makes it the Tracy family's day tripper of choice.
As a further point, I do believe that the green-collar job piece of this is important.
For example, the Department of Labor set aside funds for green jobs and job training for high growth sectors of the economy specifically targeted to communities affected by the automotive downturn, and the Department of Commerce provided funds specifically for automotive communities to develop plans for economic recovery.
He does say investment and technology can create a green economy to offset job declines.
When John Jazdcyk retired in 2004 from his management job at a Green Bay, Wis.
It had better be, if John wants to keep his job--Green is a man accustomed to having things his way.
The company is now waiting for its new chief executive Harriet Green to take up the job in July, after her appointment was announced last week.
The survey also shows that hotels could do a better job of publicizing their green cred. 64 percent of respondents said that they rarely or never feel informed about whether hotels are truly eco-friendly.
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Dr Green points out that since the job loss in Ohio has been long and persistent, over 20 or 25 years, it is difficult to come up with the policy solution that is going to appeal to voters.
Green energy is a global business whereas job creation is inherently local.
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The voters decisively rejected Mr Hayden's green agenda, which included killing such job-generating projects as Dreamwork's new studio and an extension of Los Angeles International Airport.
Participants also recognized the process of building green economies and societies as a source of job creation in sectors such as renewable energy, energy efficiency in buildings and construction, sustainable transport, and organic farming.
Apparently, Congress has given you the job of the central planning of new green new technologies.
He also admitted that many of the advertised job titles smacked of little more than green washing.
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You have also started, though, a green technology company, trying to basically hoping for job security in the future.
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Third, a carbon tax is bound to become more punitive over time, stifling growth and job creation, and not only because green groups would continually lobby to increase the tax.
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Think of this as the space shuttle before its paint job, or Mr. Schwarzenegger before his green room appearance.
Oregonians saw their state as better--not only in terms of green and good, but also in terms of basic job growth.
The debates over stimulus packages and whether the government should invest in green technology center on using taxpayer dollars as the key to job creation.
With us now is Jeb Conrad, head of the Greater Kokomo Economic Development Alliance, Chris Rohaly, founding partner of Green Alternatives, but he's also holding down a job in the auto industry, and Kirk Daniels, owner of Freedom Financial Group, a local investment firm.
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And I was just talking to President Love about the focus of Savannah Tech on clean energy, the idea that this can be a real model for green energy as a way of linking students to the enormous job opportunities and business opportunities that exist in the future.
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