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Senator Murkowski introduces “Dirty Air Act”
Yesterday U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski continued her campaign to undermine the Clean Air Act and to distract the country from real efforts to fix our economy and fight the climate crisis. Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, along with 35 other cosponsors including three Democrats (Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Ben Nelson of Nebraska) introduced a resolution in the Senate that would restrict the EPA from enforcing provisions of the Clean Air Act to protect community health.
Press Release: Green For All expands D.C. office with the addition of Jessy Tolkan and Terence Samuel
[OAKLAND, CA] – Green For All announced today the expansion of its Washington, D.C., office with the addition of Jessy Tolkan and Terence Samuel. Tolkan, formerly of Energy Action Coalition, joins as Political Director. Samuel, previously with TheRoot.com, joins as Communications Director.
Obama announces $2.3 billion tax credit for clean energy jobs
Today President Obama announced a $2.3 billion tax credit to promote job creation through clean energy manufacturing. This tax credit, authorized through the Recovery Act of 2009, will benefit 183 projects in 43 states, creating an estimated 17,000 green jobs.
$100 million in grants for green job training released by Dept. of Labor
Yesterday, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced nearly $100 million in grants to train workers for clean-energy jobs. This critical investment, which Green For All and our supporters advocated for, was authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
What does 2010 have in store? Shifting landscape in Washington D.C.
The new year is bringing with it new obstacles to climate and energy legislation. Congress will likely take on a "jobs bill", then finance reform, once the health care bill is done. Senator Harry Reid has said that climate and energy legislation will come to the Senate floor in the Spring, but there are concerns about support for that legislation.
The mood I see in Copenhagen
I'm at the "Fresh Air Center", where bloggers and online campaigners can meet, work, and strategize during the international climate talks. It's around 9 pm here in Copenhagen on the last day of the two-week negotiations. Heads of State from more than one hundred countries are in closed-door meetings to see if they can reach some sort of agreement or accord on an international response to the climate crisis. Non-governmental organizations, media, and ordinary people here to advocate for their own survival are waiting for an announcement on what's going on inside the talks.
Video: Copenhagen Protests
Quick update from Copenhagen... Green For All Academy fellow Jayme Montgomery Baker with League of Young Voters made this video about the protests at the Bella Center yesterday, the site of the international climate agreement. Civil society presence has been locked out of the negotiations with the arrival of Heads of State yesterday and today. Watch the video below.
100,000 rally in Copenhagen for a real climate deal
Today an estimated 100,000 people rallied in the streets of Copenhagen for a strong and just climate deal. The rally, at the site of the international climate negotiations, was one of hundreds across the world on this global day of climate action.
Copenhagen climate talks kick-off with tension over leaked text.
Yesterday was the first day of the 15th UN Conference on Climate Change, which runs through December 18th. The Conference opened with speeches, concerts, and actions as delegates from 192 nations and tens of thousands of citizens of the world descended on Copenhagen, Denmark. Despite lofty speeches about coming together to seal a deal, the first day of the conference reinforced tensions between wealthy and developing nations.
Recovery update: Department of Labor announces $55 million in green job training grants!
Last week Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced the first of the green job training grants authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: $55 million for capacity building and labor market information programs. This is especially exciting for us because these are the first grants of the $500 million for green job training that Green For All and our supporters worked to have included in the Recovery Act.
