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Green Paychecks: Dems Pitch Clean Energy For Jobs
Posted on August 27, 2008
As our thoroughly unscientific poll indicated, worries about the economy seem trump big policy choices like climate change or health care. Thats in line with recent national polls, as well. And that concern about the economy and jobs shows up clearly in Democratic talk about clean energy in Denver.Keep your hard hat (AP)Sure, its a way to wean off foreign oil and clean up the environment, as keynote speaker Mark Warner of Virginia said. But the drumbeat throughout was clean energys potential ability to create role high-paying, outsource-proof jobs for American workers. Five million of them, to...
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