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Van Jones and Green Jobs Now: A National Day of Action
Posted on September 26, 2008
Image via WikipediaVan Jones is one of my heroes, as readers of The Green Skeptic know. He has done some remarkable things at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and now is trying to focus attention on one of the critical needs of our economy: jobs. Specifically, Green Jobs. Van's premise is that Americans can be put to work in the New Green Economy; that, in fact, it can help lift people out of poverty. And there may be something to his assertion. While the manufacturing of materials and products associated with alternative energy or energy efficiency can be done overseas, the installati...
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