Clean Energy - Creating Jobs and Revitalizing America
In the midst of a large shift in the way we do business in America, our hopes for today and tomorrow, in part, stand on the shoulders of creative, innovative giants willing to take chances based on sustainable philosophies.
These giants will come from the public and private sectors and will help to employ people for new jobs and new careers.
Clean energy, one of the most talked about aspects of going green, can be a spark for revitalizing America.
Are we actually at a point where we can marry that idea with the manufacturing industry and intend for this long suffering sector to shift gears and uplift our economy? With states such as Michigan and California enduring a plethora of attention for their fiscal woes and dire unemployment standings at 15.
2% and 12.
2%, respectively, many people are wondering where the jobs are at.
Texas, whose unemployment rate is currently 8.
0%, lost a staggering 62,000 jobs from July 2009 to August 2009, the worst decline of any state over that period.
However, these declines do not have to continue and green manufacturing related to clean energy can be one of the cornerstones of a long-term turnaround for an industry that has lost 5.
3 million jobs since January 2000.
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown's (D) IMPACT Act, which is now a part of the U.
S.
Senate's American Clean Energy and Security Act, calls for sustainable support of the manufacturing industry.
Sen.
Brown's legislation would boost the manufacturing sector on national, state, and local levels by 30 billion dollars.
The passage of his act, as it now stands, would create jobs via retooling and expanding current manufacturing facilities to produce clean energy technology products while focusing on small and medium size businesses that employ less than 500 people.
Supported by this bill are clean energy products that could vastly improve the career opportunities for someone looking to go green, monetarily and environmentally.
These commodities include: wind turbines; solar energy; fuel cells; advanced batteries and biofuels; biomass, geothermal, and ocean energy equipment; and carbon capture and storage technology.
Reducing greenhouse gases, conserving energy, and reducing emissions will be the strengths of other headline grabbing technology products included in the IMPACT Act.
For those interested in where the jobs are, stay tuned to the happenings in environmental policy and check out your local universities and community colleges for classes related to going green.
By significantly increasing our capacity to make green products in the U.
S.
, we will give states such as Michigan, Ohio, California, Texas, and a wealth of others the opportunity to reverse dismal unemployment trends and revitalize people, the environment, and the economy.
These giants will come from the public and private sectors and will help to employ people for new jobs and new careers.
Clean energy, one of the most talked about aspects of going green, can be a spark for revitalizing America.
Are we actually at a point where we can marry that idea with the manufacturing industry and intend for this long suffering sector to shift gears and uplift our economy? With states such as Michigan and California enduring a plethora of attention for their fiscal woes and dire unemployment standings at 15.
2% and 12.
2%, respectively, many people are wondering where the jobs are at.
Texas, whose unemployment rate is currently 8.
0%, lost a staggering 62,000 jobs from July 2009 to August 2009, the worst decline of any state over that period.
However, these declines do not have to continue and green manufacturing related to clean energy can be one of the cornerstones of a long-term turnaround for an industry that has lost 5.
3 million jobs since January 2000.
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown's (D) IMPACT Act, which is now a part of the U.
S.
Senate's American Clean Energy and Security Act, calls for sustainable support of the manufacturing industry.
Sen.
Brown's legislation would boost the manufacturing sector on national, state, and local levels by 30 billion dollars.
The passage of his act, as it now stands, would create jobs via retooling and expanding current manufacturing facilities to produce clean energy technology products while focusing on small and medium size businesses that employ less than 500 people.
Supported by this bill are clean energy products that could vastly improve the career opportunities for someone looking to go green, monetarily and environmentally.
These commodities include: wind turbines; solar energy; fuel cells; advanced batteries and biofuels; biomass, geothermal, and ocean energy equipment; and carbon capture and storage technology.
Reducing greenhouse gases, conserving energy, and reducing emissions will be the strengths of other headline grabbing technology products included in the IMPACT Act.
For those interested in where the jobs are, stay tuned to the happenings in environmental policy and check out your local universities and community colleges for classes related to going green.
By significantly increasing our capacity to make green products in the U.
S.
, we will give states such as Michigan, Ohio, California, Texas, and a wealth of others the opportunity to reverse dismal unemployment trends and revitalize people, the environment, and the economy.
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