Philadelphia has launcheiad a program that will increase the amount of green jobs in the city, while helping the poor as well.  They are in the middle of training unemployed workers as part of a program that will weatherize the cities aging row houses.  These workers are learning how to assess fuel usage in the [...]

Yesterday, the mayor of San Francisco announced that he was adding a resolution to add 4 million dollars to the GoSolarSF program.  The GoSolar Program was developed last summer as a way to incentive businesses and residents to install solar power systems.  Through state and federal grants the cost are virtually cut in half.  At [...]

It seems like the President is getting beat up these days as the economy continues to falter and his approval rating numbers are declining rapidly.  As a green jobs advocate, I could not be happier with what the President had done so far.  This is one area where he has made all the right moves.  [...]

This story sure has legs.  I wrote a post about it two days ago and it seems like it is still the talk of the green blogosphere.  Here is what othe green bloggers are saying about it:
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/green-jobs-myth-or-reality-5898.html
http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/2009/03/green-jobs-myth-or-reality.html
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/18/the-green-job-myth-exposed/
http://usapartisan.blogspot.com/2009/03/green-job-myth-exposed.html
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This is just a small sampling of opinions on the topic.  What do you think, myth or reality?

Last week when Van Jones was announced as the green jobs advisor, another green jobs news story seemed to get ignored completely.  The Institute for Energy Research released their latest study that states that green jobs are grossly over hyped and that the United States and even the United Nations over exaggerated the potential of new [...]

I received an email over the weekend that asked, “If green jobs are so hot, where are they?”
Barak Obama promised 5 million jobs and if you are unemployed or looking to get involved in the green collar industry you may also be wondering where all these jobs are.  This prompted me to take a look [...]

This has been a monumental week for the green movement, but for some in New Mexico, they were dealt a major blow yesterday. You all know that my major crusade in green jobs training and integrating green curriculum into high schools and community colleges, that is why I am so upset at what transpired [...]

Ok, now it is official, the White House Council on Environmental Quality released their official statement through the AP wire that Van Jones would indeed head up the green jobs initiatives. The green bloggers were humming yesterday as this was probably one of the biggest green news stories ever. It was certainly the biggest since [...]

Has Van Jones been named the green jobs czar by the Obama administration?  I am not sure, as there has been no official announcement made.  I have heard from 2 of my close friends who are in the know and have contact with Van that he was selected on Friday to head up the green [...]