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Outlook Good for "Green-Collar" Job Training
By Bill Scher
Created 06/29/2007 - 4:27pm

In my update on energy legislation in the House [1], I neglected to mention that included in the energy package is funding for training in high-skill, clean energy jobs.

That's a similar initiative to what already cleared the Senate [2], making it very likely to be part of the final legislation.

For more background, check out this post from Apollo Alliance board member Van Jones at Gristmill, [3] who describes the effort as a "smart, far-sighted effort to fight pollution and poverty at the same time."

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[1] http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/house_energy_moves
[2] http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/green_collar_jobs_amendment_passes
[3] http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/6/28/154817/266