Repower to promote green jobs
Members from campaign to visit campus Monday for town hall on clean energy.
Michael Thomas
Issue date: 9/11/09 Section: News
Carrying the important message of promoting growth while maintaining environmental sustainability, labor leaders and environmental activists have joined together in an effort to 'green' our planet while adding jobs and boosting the American economy.
Several members of Repower North Dakota, a state branch of the non-profit Repower America campaign will be on campus Monday to hold a town hall meeting as a part of the Made in America Job Tour.
The national organization launched a 22-state tour to show Americans that greening our country doesn't mean losing jobs. In fact, at a similar town hall meeting in Illinois last week, Lisa Jackson, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that a clean-energy economy will mean a boost in jobs nationwide.
"This is a new path," she said. "This is different but it's one where our economy and our environment move hand in hand."
Energy in ND
Repower North Dakota representatives are making a big effort in the state to get the word out that the nation's third least populous state may have the most potential for growth with a green energy economy.
Residents have long been told of wind power that could be generated within the state and companies like LM Glasfiber have opened their doors banking on the demand for turbine blades.
Eric Mitchell, director for Repower North Dakota said that this state is in a prime position to take advantage of future national energy policies which could go into effect if environmentalists are successful in lobbying both sides of the Hill.
"We know that climate change is real-reputable scientists around the world say that. But whether you agree with that or not, we are in a position where we can take steps to slow down the precess of glibal climate change."
And North Dakota could be at the forefront, he said.
Committees in the U.S. Senate will begin reviewing legislation this fall and Mitchell has high hopes that it will mean an instrumental change for the country and the planet.
Several members of Repower North Dakota, a state branch of the non-profit Repower America campaign will be on campus Monday to hold a town hall meeting as a part of the Made in America Job Tour.
The national organization launched a 22-state tour to show Americans that greening our country doesn't mean losing jobs. In fact, at a similar town hall meeting in Illinois last week, Lisa Jackson, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that a clean-energy economy will mean a boost in jobs nationwide.
"This is a new path," she said. "This is different but it's one where our economy and our environment move hand in hand."
Energy in ND
Repower North Dakota representatives are making a big effort in the state to get the word out that the nation's third least populous state may have the most potential for growth with a green energy economy.
Residents have long been told of wind power that could be generated within the state and companies like LM Glasfiber have opened their doors banking on the demand for turbine blades.
Eric Mitchell, director for Repower North Dakota said that this state is in a prime position to take advantage of future national energy policies which could go into effect if environmentalists are successful in lobbying both sides of the Hill.
"We know that climate change is real-reputable scientists around the world say that. But whether you agree with that or not, we are in a position where we can take steps to slow down the precess of glibal climate change."
And North Dakota could be at the forefront, he said.
Committees in the U.S. Senate will begin reviewing legislation this fall and Mitchell has high hopes that it will mean an instrumental change for the country and the planet.
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david
posted 9/14/09 @ 9:41 AM CST
Ummm, 32 billion homes?
You know there are six billion people on the planet and every doesn't have a summer and winter home?
You must have meant million, which would line up with the studies at the Center for American Progress. (Continued…)
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