Green For All Commends Vice President Gore’s Challenge for 100% Renewable and Clean Energy

Today, in a landmark speech, Vice President Al Gore set forth a challenge to have 100% carbon-free electricity in the United States within a decade.  In addition to addressing environmental, economic, and national security concerns, this effort has the potential to lift millions of Americans out of poverty.  The statement, from Green For All Founder and President Van Jones, follows:

“We applaud Vice President Al Gore for his visionary leadership on climate change and for challenging Americans to dream and act big.  The potential for a clean energy economy to address our economic and national security needs while building a brighter environmental future is real.

“Vice President Gore’s call is for all Americans, from politicians and policymakers to welders and electricians.  It is a chance not to take America back but to take America forward.  

“This requires the political will of Washington and tapping into our greatest resource: the American worker.  Like the New Deal, we need a comprehensive set of policies that support job creation and training at a time when the country is at a crossroads.  

“We have the technology and human capital to be carbon-free.  Let’s embrace this challenge and fight poverty and pollution at the same time.”

About Green For All

Green For All is a national organization dedicated to building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.  By advocating for local, state and federal commitments to job creation, job training, and entrepreneurial opportunities in the emerging green economy – especially for people from disadvantaged communities – Green For All fights both poverty and pollution at the same time. 

For more information, please visit www.greenforall.org.