All Posts Tagged With: "green jobs"
Millions of Green Jobs? Beyond the Fantasy
There is another way of looking at the critical question of how to address the resource constraints, environmental challenges (including climate change) and social issues that are the underlying impetus for all the current noise about creating a new, green economy.
13Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Millions of Green Jobs? Well … NO!
Searching Google for “millions of green jobs” yields over 380,000 references. Every week there’s a new report showing how, if the U.S. plays its public policy cards right, we’ll soon be producing most of our energy from “clean”, renewable wind and solar sources, driving around in electric cars that will deliver power back to the grid, and living in super-energy-efficient homes.
5Jan2012 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
CU-Boulder Offering Professional Certificate
in Renewable Energy
The graduate-level professional certificate program is open to executives, managers, investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in a deeper understanding of the renewable energy industry. Applications are now being accepted for the Spring 2012 semester.
24Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Colorado Leads Nation in Per Capita Solar Jobs
More than 6,100 employed by state’s solar industry, up 16% over last year as number of solar jobs surpass number of mining jobs in the state. The survey examined employment along the solar value chain, including installation, wholesale trade, manufacturing, utilities and all other fields.
17Oct2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Green Jobs: Boom, or Bust?
While the success of federal stimulus funding—both in terms of green jobs and otherwise—is indeed debatable, the ability of the private sector to create hundreds of thousands or even millions of green jobs provides a more promising outlook for future growth.
21Sep2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Broomfield Company Sponsors Program to Launch National Center to Educate Entrepreneurial Engineers
MWH Global is sponsoring a new national entrepreneurship center through Stanford’s School of Engineering. The center, which launches next month, is intended to address the critical need for innovative and entrepreneurial engineers in the U.S.
9Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Colorado’s REAL Cleantech Strength
Brookings and Battelle did a good job of framing the importance of the clean economy and explaining the methodology for the report. But….the numbers didn’t do justice to Colorado’s clean tech industry. When we asked Mark Muro at Brookings to narrow the definition to “cleantech” and not just “clean”, Colorado’s ranking raised significantly to 4th in the country. What does that mean? Well, it means that very few states have the companies creating clean technology products and services that Colorado does.
3Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Thursday Updates …
>> Report Ranks Colorado in the Middle for Clean Energy
>> Xcel, City of Boulder End Talks Over Wind Farm
>> Cedar Creek II in Weld County Launches
>> ConocoPhillips Reassessing Louisville Campus Plans
>> Power Tagging Wins “Technology Product of the Year”
>> SPECIAL REPORT: Low-carbon Innovation
A Uniquely American Strategy for Industrial Renewal
Indeed, U.S. company First Solar Inc., a pioneer of building solar power plants in the States, recently signed a deal to build the world’s largest PV plant in China. As First Solar CEO Mike Ahearn said, “this major commitment to solar power is a direct result of the progressive energy policies being adopted in China to create a sustainable, long-term market for solar
and a low carbon future for China.”
Ecotech’s Impressive New Digs in Aurora
Students are now taking classes in the career college’s freshly minted facility at 1400 South Abilene Street. The school has transformed a vacant, large-footprint building into a progressive campus focused on educating future particpants in the renewable energy and sustainability industries.
15Jan2011 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
2010 Ending Strong for E Light Wind & Solar
The Englewood-based company announced this week it has made final connections to its 3.2 photovoltaic system commissioned at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, and last month it was honored in a New York ceremony for
The Green Jobs Award.
Training Scholarships for Green Companies Available
The Pikes Peak Workforce Center (PPWFC) and the State Energy Sector Partnership have announced that companies in the energy efficient or renewable energy fields may be eligible for training scholarships for their qualified employees.
12Nov2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Green Jobs are Leading the Way for Colorado
How important have “green jobs” been to Colorado? “Unemployment would be a full two points above what it is today,” said Tom Clark, executive vice president of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. “So instead of eight people out of 100, we’d have 10 out of 100 (unemployed).”
15Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
I hope they do get that extension. GO for it!
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I read your post and and it's nice to be hear that DU offers new
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Nice job Graham. It's important to note that what constitutes "green jobs" policy in the US is not the ...