Green For All Blog
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Greening L.A.
Though President Obama hopes to create five million green jobs within a decade, women and people of color will be left out without active policies to ensure participation.
Twitter Contest!
We're launching a new twitter contest to raise awareness about the Climate Bill. Tweet and retweet now and you could win a prize!
MA, CT, & SC: New climate bill by December. Your Senator is key!
We sent the following message to our lists in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and South Carolina this morning. If you do not live in one of those states, you can still take action here.
Navigating the Jobs Crisis: Clean Energy and Good Jobs Go Hand in Hand
It's difficult for most Americans to accept data indicating an end to the recession for a simple reason -- they don't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Essence names Green For All's CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins one of the 25 most influential African-Americans
Essence has named Green For All's CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins one of the 25 most influential African-Americans of the year! In the company of the Obamas, Beyonce and Jay Z, Representative Barbara Lee, and LeBron James, Phaedra landed the title of Green Guru.
Unemployment on the rise - so what now?
Last week, new numbers on the economy came out from the federal government. Despite a quarter of growth, the unemployment rate for October reached over 10%, the highest it’s been in 25 years. The numbers were even more dismal for people of color, at 13% unemployment for Latinos and 16% for African-Americans.
Two new studies: climate legislation and job creation go hand-in-hand.
Two new studies find that clean-energy legislation has great potential to create jobs and decrease energy bills, particularly with significant investments in energy-efficiency.
With Estolano comes opportunity to expand L.A.’s successes nationwide
Last week, Green For All announced the very exciting news that Cecilia V. Estolano will be joining our team. Estolano is currently the CEO of the Community Redevelopment Agency in Los Angeles, the largest redevelopment agency in California. She will spearhead Green For All’s effort to scale public-private partnerships that grow family-supporting, green jobs in cities across the country.
UPDATE: Senate Committee passes climate and clean-energy bill despite Republican boycott
Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee passed the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, despite an attempt by Republicans on the committee to derail the process. Ten Democrats, including Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, and Senator Bernie Sanders (an Independent) signed off on the bill. The bill was reported out of Committee without support from any Republicans, who have been boycotting the mark-up process since Tuesday.
In the Senate, mark up of clean-energy bill stalled by opponents.
This week the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee intended to begin its "mark up" of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. But Republicans on the committee are refusing to show-up for this process, claiming that they need more analysis on the bill from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Congressional Budget Office.
