This report from the Blue Green Alliance, the Sierra Club, the Communications Workers of America and the Progressive States Network, explores how technologies including smart buildings, smart grids, teleconferencing and digital education opportunities can cut carbon emissions and create and retain green jobs in the United States.
 

A vitally important research paper that should be required reading for all Americans interested in seeing America be a leader - and generate jobs - in clean technology. This report provides the first comprehensive comparison of public investments by the United States and key Asian competitors in core clean energy technologies, including solar, wind, and nuclear power, carbon capture and storage, advanced vehicles and batteries, and high-speed rail. Key findings are that America is being out invested, out-flanked on the policy front and is truly on the verge of losing any hope of becoming a key economic player in the green collar economy.

Produced By: The Breakthrough Insitute and The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Authors: Rob Atkinson, Ph.D, Michael Shellenberger, Ted Nordhaus, Devon Swezey, Teryn Norris, Jesse Jenkins, Leigh Ewbank, Johanna Peace and Yael Borofsky

Original Publish Date:  November 2009

URLs:  http://www.thebreakthrough.org     http://www.itif.org

The New York City Green-Collar Jobs Roadmap comes from a positive vision for the city: an inclusive green economy that employs thousands of New Yorkers in green-collar jobs
that help upgrade our infrastructure, improve the health of our communities, and reduce our nation’s reliance on imported energy that degrades the environment. Environmental
sustainability, however, comprises only half of the vision: Equally important is that green collar jobs are also good jobs that offer family-supporting wages, benefits, and opportunities
for career advancement.

Produced by:  The Center for American Progress and The Urban Agenda

Original Publish Date: October 2009

Investments in “green” water infrastructure projects must be a key part of this package, as they promise to provide both an immediate economic boost and adequate clean water to drive future economic growth. The stimulus package presents the nation with a unique opportunity to realize a new vision for water management that fully integrates green and grey water solutions everywhere, not in just some places or as a marginal component. By investing in green infrastructure, we can put Americans to work building sustainable, adaptable water infrastructure that will be our legacy to future generations.

Produced By:  American River and the Alliance for Water Efficiency

Author:  Will Hewes, American Rivers, Inc.

Original Publish Date:  2008

The latest green collar workforce training strategy and initiatives from the Minnesota state legislature.  Positive movement.

Green Collar Jobs and Green Collar Economy initiatives debated and approved by the Minnesota state legislature in its recent session.  Another state committed to making the green economy part of its long-term economic growth plans.