Green Recovery Timeline
December, 2007 – The Green Jobs Act is signed into law as part of the 2007 Energy Bill
February, 2008 – President Bush requests $0 for the Green Jobs Act in the budget he sends to Congress.
June
2008 – Green For All members contact their Congress members, urging them to fund the Green Jobs Act in the Appropriations Bill of 2009.
[The bill has not yet been passed].
September 2008 – Grassroots action! Tens of thousands Americans
call for Green Jobs Now, in a national day of action to build the new
economy, produced by Green For All, the We Campaign, and 1 Sky.
October
2008- Green For All and allies publish the Clean Energy Corps proposal
– The Corps would create hundreds of thousands of jobs retrofitting
homes and buildings to make them more energy efficient.
October 2008 – President Bush signs the $700 Wall Street bailout, to revive credit markets and financial institutions.
October 2008 – Green For All Founder Van Jones calls for a "green bailout", for people and the planet.
October 2008 – Green For All delivers petitions, photos, and videos to the Obama and McCain presidential campaigns.
November 2008- Days after winning the Presidential election,
President-Elect Obama calls for an economic stimulus package, with a
green jobs component.
December 2008 - Grassroots action! More
than 14,000 email their members of Congress, calling for a stimulus
package that creates green jobs and funds the Green Jobs Act.
January 2009 - President Obama releases The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (previously called the stimulus plan) – which includes
$500 million in funding for green jobs training, billions for energy
efficiency retrofits, a goal of doubling renewable energy in 3 years,
and other green commitments.
January 2009- Van Jones testifies before the House Select Committee
on Energy Independence and Global Warming, urging a bold green recovery
package as a down payment for an inclusive green economy.
January
2009- The House of Representatives passes the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act, largely unchanged from President Obama's original
plan. The House version includes $500 million for green jobs training,
and 6.2 billion for weatherization.
February 3rd, 2009 - Grassroots Action! – More than 10,000 email,
and about 300 call their Senators, urging the Senate to pass the
Recovery Package.
February 6th, 2009 – Grassroots Action! Good
jobs, Green jobs lobbying. Dozens of Green For All academy
fellows meet with their congresspeople on the Hill, calling for a
green recovery package and a Clean Energy Corps.
February 10th, 2009 – The Senate passes its version of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which proposes funding green jobs training at less than half the amount the House, and strips $25 billion from other key green initiatives.
February 11th, 2009 – Grassroots Action! Green for All's grassroots base emails Congress once again, calling for $500 million for green jobs training in the final recovery bill.
February 11th, 2009 -
The House and the Senate reconcile their different versions of the
Recovery Act.
February 13th, 2009 - Congress passes the final version of the bill, which includes $500 million for green jobs training! Learn more.
February 17th, 2009 - President Obama signs the recovery bill into law.
February 24th, 2009 - Bringing Home the Green Recovery Conference Call, hosted by Green For All and Policy Link.
February 27th, 2009 - Green For All releases Toolkit and Guide to the Recovery.
March 9th, 2009 - Green For All issues a call to action on the recovery: Get Local!
March 25th, 2009 - Conference Call: Grassroots Action toward a Green Recovery For All.
