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- Green economy on the riese
- Green jobs in the state's private sector grew by nearly 33 percent last year, according to a state Employment Security Department report released Thursday. The study, directed by the state Legislature, tallied 99,319 green jobs, or about 3.3 percent of the state’s work force. The state defines a green job as one in which workers increase energy efficiency, produce renewable energy, or prevent, reduce and clean up pollution.
- Montana judge suspends oil and gas leases, cites lack of climate-change analysis
- BILLINGS - A federal judge has approved a groundbreaking settlement requiring the government to suspend oil and gas leases on almost 38,000 acres in Montana because potential climate change impacts were not studied prior to leasing.
- B.C. green sector could become $27-billion giant: report
- British Columbia’s green economy could grow into a $27-billion-per-year green giant by 2020, according to a new report from the Globe Foundation. B.C. could become a “living laboratory” for green-sector growth that would add value to the provincial gross domestic product more than twice as fast as the economy as a whole.
- PGE plans 'Northwest's largest' rooftop solar project
- The Portland-based electric utility in a partnership with U.S. Bank, will install 2.4 megawatts of solar panels atop seven buildings in Portland, Gresham and Clackamas owned by ProLogis, a Denver-based developer and owner of distribution centers.
- Office-building owners compete to cut the most energy
- The second Kilowatt Crackdown is under way. It's a competition that calculates office-building energy usage and rewards improvement.
- Investors Managing $2.1 Trillion in Assets Praise SEC for Climate Disclosure Guidance
- U.S. Chamber doesn't speak for Microsoft on climate
- Microsoft took a stand against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday, saying that the business trade group does not represent the technology company's position on climate policy.
- Office-building owners compete to cut the most energy
- Office buildings throughout the Puget Sound are going on a diet — an energy diet known as the "Kilowatt Crackdown." Now in its second year, the competition scores energy usage and identifies ways to save more.
- Oregon Iron Works going greener - and hiring
- Amid a general decline of manufacturing and the wreckage of the economic downturn, the company, once a traditional welding and fabrication shop, is beating the odds and emerging as a national leader in green technologies.
- Climate Solutions is proud to be a community sponsor of Pivotal Leaders
- Climate Solutions is proud to serve as a community sponsor of Pivotal Leaders. We hope you'll nominate leaders building the Northwest's clean economy to be recognized for their work.
- ARPA-E Director Arun Majumdar Meets with Bill Gates, Advises Local Startups, Speaks at UW
- There’s no better way to kick off a Seattle visit than to have a two-hour meeting with Bill Gates. That was Arun Majumdar’s morning yesterday.
- Portland is one of the top five cities for green jobs
- Oregon may struggle with unemployment like the rest of the United States, but with more than 20,000 clean-energy jobs created in 2007 alone—the most in the nation—it’s clear that sustainable Portland is the place to be.
- Race is on to develop green, clean technology
- In the energy sector alone, the deployment of new technologies, like wind and solar power, has the potential to support 20 million jobs by 2030 and trillions of dollars in revenue, analysts estimate.
- Allen Foundation directs $200K to White Center green jobs program
- The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation awarded 66 non-profits a total of $4.6 million in grants by on Thursday. In Seattle, the White Center Community Development Association received a $200,000 grant to develop a green jobs initiative.
- McKinsey report: Energy efficiency could save US $680B
- The United States could save $680 billion from energy by 2020 with energy efficiency policies, states a new McKinsey report. These policy measures could come entirely from energy measures that pay for themselves
- Wind power grows 39% for the year
- Despite a crippling recession and tight credit markets, the American wind power industry grew at a blistering pace in 2009, adding 39 percent more capacity.
- Good news from the WA legislative session
- The first vote cast by the Washington State House of Representatives in this young 2010 session represented the top prioirity of their constituents back home: jobs!
- Idaho company partnering on solar energy
- A new international partner will help Micron, a Boise company, take another step toward green energy.
- Investors representing $13 trillion call on U.S. and other countries to adopt strong climate change policies
- On the heels of international climate treaty talks in Copenhagen, the world’s largest investors today released a statement calling on the U.S. and other governments to move quickly to adopt strong national climate policies that will spur low-carbon investments to reduce emissions causing climate change.
- Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County awarded $3.6 million to train local workers in clean-energy industries
- Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County has been awarded $3,639,530 to train local workers in clean-energy industries. The council will use this grant to fund their GreenLight Project, which provide green economy education and training services to 450 program participants.
