There's a lot of talk these days about "green collar" jobs - that they are the answer to our ailing economy as well as global warming. Well, it's time we start seeing these jobs in action.
Duke University has released a report that links low-carbon jobs to a growth in U.S. manufacturing. Now, EDF has started to map where these green jobs are, starting with 12 states - AR, CO, FL, GA, IN, MI, MO, NH, OH, PA, TN and VA (Visit LessCarbonMoreJobs.org for more info).
Whether you are in one of these states or not, you can help your own state! We need every governor in the country to be aware of this project. And we need to encourage them to promote capping carbon as a way of incentivizing these low-carbon companies.
Green jobs are here! We just need to start rewarding their innovations. Please write to your governor today.
We took action on “Tell Your Governor You Want Green Jobs”!
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3:33 pm PST, Nov 18,Karisa Cotter, Arkansas
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7:39 pm PST, Nov 16,Laura Owens, New Jersey
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3:13 pm PST, Nov 16,Theresia Cronan, California
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6:38 am PST, Nov 16,Jeremy Pisano, Florida
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1:04 pm PST, Nov 15,Julia Stewart, California
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8:28 pm PST, Nov 13,Gabriel Michael Orrico, New Jersey
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8:13 pm PST, Nov 13,Mandy Munoz, California
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9:51 am PST, Nov 13,Rolf Naujokat, California
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7:31 pm PST, Nov 12,Sarah Piepenburg, Wisconsin
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11:54 am PST, Nov 12,Name not displayed, Arkansas
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10:44 am PST, Nov 12,Julie Ann Morgan, California
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9:47 am PST, Nov 11,Ganapathy Durgadas, New York
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6:03 pm PST, Nov 10,Lauren Stone, California
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9:28 am PST, Nov 10,Donna Hebel, Michigan
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2:39 pm PST, Nov 9,Loretta Kaufman, New Jersey
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2:38 pm PST, Nov 9,Mark Werner, Colorado
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10:50 am PST, Nov 9,Name not displayed, Texas
Governor Perry, please take steps to initiate jobs in low-carbon companies.
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8:02 am PST, Nov 8,Name not displayed, Missouri
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8:43 am PST, Nov 7,Deborah Hord, Colorado
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5:59 am PST, Nov 7,April Heathman, Texas
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7:08 pm PST, Nov 6,Joshua Holden, Indiana
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6:48 pm PST, Nov 4,Sean Hines, South Carolina
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5:59 am PST, Nov 4,David Wickre, Minnesota
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11:42 am PST, Nov 3,Debra Darden-Munsell, Michigan
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5:28 pm PST, Nov 2,Charron Dusha, Wisconsin
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11:52 am PST, Nov 2,Miguel Dias, New York
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9:17 am PDT, Oct 31,Name not displayed, Massachusetts
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8:54 am PDT, Oct 31,Michelle Waterhouse, California
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6:46 pm PDT, Oct 30,Mary Landrum, Kansas
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2:26 pm PDT, Oct 30,Marissa Chiappetta, Florida
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6:48 pm PDT, Oct 26,Kelsey Lissner, California
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10:22 am PDT, Oct 26,Mitchell Dye, Colorado
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9:04 am PDT, Oct 25,Mary Lybarger, Nevada
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9:12 pm PDT, Oct 24,Jake Turner, Arizona
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11:33 am PDT, Oct 22,Paul Bruge, Michigan
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7:27 am PDT, Oct 22,Kathryn Moore, Tennessee
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6:48 pm PDT, Oct 21,Caro Liu, Pennsylvania
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3:28 pm PDT, Oct 21,Brian Guadagno, New Jersey
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7:48 pm PDT, Oct 20,Linda Wing, Illinois
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7:26 pm PDT, Oct 20,Ron Aragon, California
I would like to introduce an under developed source of bio fuel that would revolutionize both the auto industry and the US starting here in California.
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7:01 pm PDT, Oct 17,Maureen Kuenstler, Illinois
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3:35 pm PDT, Oct 17,Alicia Mishinski, Pennsylvania
This is an incredibly important effort to improve all the quality in PA, in all corners of the state and therefore doing our part to restore vitality to our earth. This is a bandwagon we are ready to board!
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12:33 pm PDT, Oct 17,Name not displayed, Texas
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2:54 pm PDT, Oct 14,Kyle S, New Jersey
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9:59 pm PDT, Oct 13,Name not displayed, Texas
All Government buildings, including schools, should be of new design, blend with the environment, be green and sustainable with water collection, wind, solar, green roofs and onsite healthy cafeteria/buffet with salad bar that ends the need to drive/pollute and allows more time for digestion and rejuvenation. Have the onsite childcare, gym and walking area with access to outside grounds.
