Word: greenes
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...North Point Park in Cambridge to Paul Revere Park in Charlestown, a highway project identified by the state as eligible for federal funding. The press release also said that $319 million in funds will go toward the Regional Transit Authorities and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for projects like Green and Silver Line enhancements, station repairs, and facility upgrades. Local projects that are awaiting a decision on federal funds include the construction of a new elevator in the Harvard T station, which would cost $7.7 million, and a 30,000 sq. ft. skate park in East Cambridge with a price...
...them Florida, Utah, Colorado, Iowa and Minnesota are considering adopting the California standard. Even Illinois, in the heart of the industrial Midwest, is considering legislation modeled on California, says David Doniger from the Natural Resources Defense Council, an advocate for the California rules. Bottom line: It could be a green stampede...
...Obama has said in the past that he wants to create 5 million new green jobs - but it's impossible to say how many of those jobs will be new, and how many will be simply shifted over from older, less environmentally friendly industries. And with the economy in free fall, green companies are struggling with credit and balance sheet problems just like their gray peers. Clearly, that has an impact; at the Columbia Fair, the number of organizations present was down a bit from the previous year, and many were more interested offering internships than full-time employment. "People...
...clear how many green jobs exist in America today - in part because there's no definite agreement on what constitutes a green job. A study by the International Labor Organization, the U.N. Environment Program determined that approximately 2.3 million people worldwide had found new jobs in the renewable energy sector in recent years, and that nearly 8.5 million people would be working in those industries by 2030. In the U.S., everything from solar power to energy efficiency is potentially poised to take off if Obama can pass carbon-capping legislation, as he has pledged - and many of those green jobs...
...That much was obvious at the Columbia fair, as extremely well educated young people in suits crowded three or four deep around company representatives. But while green jobs may not be plentiful today, they surely have a more sustainable future than the industries that are being wiped out. "Even in a sea of despair we're enormously encouraged," says Alan Salzman, the CEO of VantagePoint Venture Partners, which has invested billions in green industries. "Cleantech is going to be the industrial revolution of the 21st century...