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A planned $1.5 billion dollar Texas wind farm—seeking financing with U.S. stimulus money—will create only 30 permanent jobs in America, but 2,000 wind-turbine manufacturing jobs in China. We asked Energy Secretary Steven Chu to prohibit this type of use of Recovery Act funds and have called on the Obama administration to use taxpayer dollars to foster the creation of a green manufacturing sector, with good-paying jobs, here in our own country. These articles explain the issue and why it is important.
TAKE ACTION A Chinese company stands to produce 2,000 manufacturing jobs in China with the aid of American Recover Act funds? Tell the Energy Department [2] you want stimulus money to fund green energy projects that create American jobs.
» Send a message to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. [2]
GET THE BACKGROUND on our "Create American Jobs" [1] page.
ERIC LOTKE: The solution to 10.2 percent unemployment: "Rebuild a productive economy for the future.”
» Read: “New Unemployment, Old Solutions” [3] | “Green Shoots: For Whom?” [4]
Our Making It In America project [5] is working to revive manufacturing as a key element in the new economy.
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Links:
[1] http://www.ourfuture.org/features/2009114506/our-demand-create-american-jobs
[2] http://action.ourfuture.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=68
[3] http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009114506/new-unemployment-old-solutions
[4] http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009114505/green-shoots-whom
[5] http://ourfuture.org/makingitinamerica