http://www.greenforall.org daily 1 2008-03-12T18:22:53Z http://www.greenforall.org/blog/update-epw-passes-climate-bill 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. No publisher Megan Emiko Scott 2009-11-06T17:16:49Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-releases/cecilia-v.-estolano-to-join-green-for-all [OAKLAND, CA] – Green For All today announced that Cecilia V. Estolano will join the national organization, which advocates for broad access and opportunity in the clean- energy economy. Estolano, CEO of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA), will spearhead Green For All’s effort to scale public-private partnerships that grow family-supporting, green jobs in cities across the country. No publisher ada 2009-11-05T17:15:06Z Press Release http://www.greenforall.org/blog/senate-mark-up-stalled 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. No publisher ada 2009-11-04T21:25:20Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/dozens-of-organizations-sign-on-to-creating-1-million-clean-energy-jobs Green For All is part of a coalition of nearly 200 organizations that is pressing the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to adopt a key amendment to the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. The amendment would create 1 million clean-energy jobs, by requiring utilities to invest in energy-efficiency renovations for millions of buildings nationwide. Today the coalition released a press statement. Read it here. No publisher ada 2009-11-02T23:15:54Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/the-story-behind-the-recovery-numbers-1 640,329. That figure represents the number of jobs that have been created or saved so far through the Recovery Act, according to a report released by the Obama administration on Friday. 
 But the true significance of this number lies in the people behind it. People like Tahlia Williams. Tahlia is a single mother of a 3-year-old son, in Brooklyn, NY. "Construction is something that I wanted to do for a long time," she said. "I had no way of knowing how to get into this field because I always heard it was a man's world." No publisher Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins 2009-11-02T20:39:54Z Blog Entry