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Monday, February 22, 2010
While President Obama was giving high marks to the $826 billion stimulus package on its one-year anniversary, Jim Jones was taking his students through their forklift finals.
While President Obama was giving high marks to the $826 billion stimulus package on its one-year anniversary, Jim Jones was taking his students through their forklift finals.
“Seatbelt fastened and then you can go ahead and take it off of park,” Jones tells one of his students at Lakewood’s Clover Park Technical College.
The school is preparing students for what the President calls the jobs of the future: clean energy and technology.Read Full Article
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Ore.‘s Fly-Fishing Governor Aims To Hook Green Jobs
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s bio calls him an avid fly fisherman who “will throw a fly into any puddle or stream of water in Oregon.” I thought: “A challenge!”
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s bio calls him an avid fly fisherman who “will throw a fly into any puddle or stream of water in Oregon.” I thought: “A challenge!”
So I met the Democratic governor, who is in his second and final term, early in the morning on the South Santiam River. It was a perfect spot to talk about two of his passions: fishing and green jobs.Read Full Article
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Northwest Transit Agencies Win Green Stimulus Grants
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the award of $100 million in stimulus fund grants to transit agencies engaged in “cutting-edge” green technology projects. Washington and Oregon transit agencies received more than $11 million in funds for five separate projects.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the award of $100 million in stimulus fund grants to transit agencies engaged in “cutting-edge” green technology projects. Washington and Oregon transit agencies received more than $11 million in funds for five separate projects.
According to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the goal of the grant funds is to create jobs and strengthen the economy while showing how investing in green transportation is good for the environment.
In Washington, Community Transit in Snohomish County was awarded $3 million to supplement the cost of hybrid propulsion systems on 30 new 40-foot diesel buses. Nearly $3 million was awarded to Link Transit in Chelan and Douglas counties to replace five diesel-powered buses operating circulator routes with battery-powered zero-emission buses and charging stations. Clark County’s C-Tran received $1.5 million to install solar panels and make other energy-efficiency upgrades at various facilities, including occupancy sensors for offices and converting to more energy-efficient lighting.Read Full Article
posted in: News, Oregon, Washington
Green tech execs descend on Washington to press for climate change bill
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Hundreds of green-energy company executives, including many from Silicon Valley, descended on Washington this week to urge members of Congress to pass a sweeping climate change bill, which they predicted would spur billions of dollars in clean-energy investments and ease the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.
Hundreds of green-energy company executives, including many from Silicon Valley, descended on Washington this week to urge members of Congress to pass a sweeping climate change bill, which they predicted would spur billions of dollars in clean-energy investments and ease the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.
The entrepreneurs got a boost of encouragement from the White House on Wednesday at a forum featuring some of the Obama administration’s top environmental officials, whose message was short and direct: We need your help.
The House in June passed far-reaching legislation designed to combat global warming, and focus has now shifted to the Senate. But similar legislation faces an uphill fight there thanks to regional concerns among senators from oil- and coal-dependent states.Read Full Article
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McGinn’s Green-Jobs Policy
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Couched as a proposal to bring more environmentally-friendly jobs to Seattle, Mayoral candidate Mike McGinn released a plan this morning to clean up Puget Sound and implement a green-energy plan created under Mayor Greg Nickels. McGinn proposes regulating construction sites to reduce street run-off and building porous sidewalks that allow water to seep through rather than run to storm drains.
Couched as a proposal to bring more environmentally-friendly jobs to Seattle, Mayoral candidate Mike McGinn released a plan this morning to clean up Puget Sound and implement a green-energy plan created under Mayor Greg Nickels. McGinn proposes regulating construction sites to reduce street run-off and building porous sidewalks that allow water to seep through rather than run to storm drains. If elected, he would leverage federal and state grants to weatherize buildings, thereby reducing energy consumption, and use city funds to assist the private sector achieve energy reduction goals. Also, in what has been a theme of McGinn’s campaign, he vows to beef up public transit.
This proposal appears to be, in part, another attempt by McGinn to deflect criticisms of being a single-issue candidate in opposition the deep-bore tunnel. His recent slew of policy papers—including light-rail expansion, nightlife protection, economic development, neighborhood development, and public safety—show a robust knowledge and interest in city issues.Read Full Article
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VHS students to prep for green jobs
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Vashon students will be able to test the waters of Quartermaster for chemicals, plant native trees in Island forests and study the health of eelgrass beds off Maury Island, thanks to a new effort to prepare Island students for jobs in sustainability and green technologies.
Vashon students will be able to test the waters of Quartermaster for chemicals, plant native trees in Island forests and study the health of eelgrass beds off Maury Island, thanks to a new effort to prepare Island students for jobs in sustainability and green technologies.
These out-of-classroom activities — which start at Vashon High School this fall — are the first steps towards launching the state’s first high school-level green sustainability and design technology course next fall. While the activities are incorporated into three high school elective courses this year, school officials hope next year to roll out a standalone course with an eye toward preparing students for careers in the rapidly growing “green-collar” job sector.
A $73,700 King County grant awarded to the school district this month will pay for the classes’ field trips, water-testing devices, drip irrigation systems, internship stipends and more.Read Full Article
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Evergreen State College rates high on “Green Honor Roll”
Monday, September 14, 2009
The Evergreen State College got the highest score possible on an environmentally friendly scale devised by The Princeton Review, an educational services company.
The Evergreen State College got the highest score possible on an environmentally friendly scale devised by The Princeton Review, an educational services company.
The Princeton Review tallied its Green Ratings for 697 institutions based on data it collected from the colleges in 2008-09 concerning environmentally related practices and academic offerings.Read Full Article
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