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Green-Collar Jobs: Realizing the Promise

Investments in clean energy and green jobs are 3-in-1 solutions. They turn big challenges—energy, climate change, and the economy—into big opportunities for families and businesses in our communities.

This blog series delves into what green-collar jobs are and seeks out programs in the Northwest working to create more. For more on green jobs, visit Sightline's green-collar jobs research page.

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The Maine Lesson of Cap and Trade

03/11/2010 Economic success stories from the Northeast.

Clean Energy Working in Portland

01/27/2010 Innovative financing starts showing some results.

Washington State Gets in the Retrofit Race

01/22/2010 Legislation intends to make borrowing for efficiencies easier.

Green Schools for Green Jobs

01/07/2010 Washington State Legislature to consider school retrofit legislation.

The Davis-Bacon Starts to Sizzle

01/07/2010 Wage and reporting requirements complicate weatherization.

Bend Down

01/05/2010 Standings in the Northwest's unemployment league.

Repair Manual

12/11/2009 Lessons from the automotive industry about how to train for green jobs.

Retrofits for All--Tugboats, Trucks and Trains

12/09/2009 Retrofits aren't just for buildings.

If Only Hand Wringing Created Green Jobs

12/04/2009 New York TImes article frets over future of green jobs.

Blowing in the Wind

12/01/2009 Is Oregon's Business Energy Tax Credit program worth the money?

Look to Alaska for Energy Efficiency

11/16/2009 Home energy rebate program stokes demand for retrofits.

Where's My Green Job?

11/10/2009 Getting it right is better than getting it right now.

Oregon's Energy Policies Stimulate High Ranking

11/02/2009 National organization gives high ranking on energy efficiency scorecard.

Wanted: Smart Workers for Smart Grid

10/29/2009 Promise of a smart grid depend on trained workers.

Green Collar Jobs Start With Basic Skills

10/27/2009 Recent study reviews challenges and opportunites in renewable energy jobs.

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