Lawmakers push for "green-collar" jobs as climate change looms

In a town still reeling from the closure of a massive coal mine, dozens of students train each year to work in the energy industry, immersing themselves in the intricacies of power generation and plant design.

[The Respected Doofinator]

"The places that have done programs that they're specifically calling green jobs, that's mostly happening at the local level, it's not happening at the state level yet," said Kate Gordon, program director for San Francisco-based Apollo Alliance, a coalition of groups that promote a clean-energy based economy."

And who is "the Apollo Alliance"?

-- Phil Angelides Joins Apollo as Board Chairman
Robert Redford and other prominent Americans also join Apollo Board

-- Apollo Unveils Newark Project at Clinton Initiative

-- The Apollo Alliance has been endorsed by the following labor unions:

AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council (IUC)
AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Dept
National Heavy and Highway Alliance
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Intl. Union (BCTGM)
Boilermakers Union (IBB)
California Labor Federation
Graphic Communications Industrial Union (GCIU)
Hawaii AFL-CIO
Illinois AFL-CIO
Indiana AFL-CIO
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE-CWA)
King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA)
Metropolitan Detroit, AFL-CIO
Michigan AFL-CIO
Minnesota AFL-CIO
Oregon AFL-CIO
Paper and Allied Chemical Employees (PACE)
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA)
Transportation Workers Union (TWU)
United Automobile and Aerospace Workers (UAW)
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)
UNITE HERE!
United Steel Workers of America (USWA)
Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Wisconsin AFL-CIO

-- We have been endorsed by the following environmental organizations:

Ceres
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Conventions
EarthVoice
Environmental Law and Policy Center
Energy Action
Global Green USA
Greenpeace USA
Midwest Renewable Energy Association
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)[George Soros]
Rainforest Action Network
The Sierra Club [George Soros]
The Sierra Student Coalition

-- Economic, Social Justice, Faith-Based, and State & Local Partners:

ACORN [George Soros]

[opiu]

Well, if a person has a driving job in California, then that's his business. Green or not, global warming doesn't have anything to do with a minimum wage driving job that's not even in Washington state.

I mean, really. We all have credit cards to pay off, don't we?

[mr Giblets]

"green" jobs for the boys are the latest gravy train scam - reserved for those who endorse the scam , and the only purpose of the jobs to keep the scam going. Go, AL, go!

[mr Giblets]

the big growth industry in British jobs used to be "Race relations advisors" , but now it is "Environmental Specialists" etc. The gravy train rolls on.(liberals only need apply)

[The Respected Doofinator]

mr Giblets wrote:

the big growth industry in British jobs used to be "Race relations advisors" , but now it is "Environmental Specialists" etc. The gravy train rolls on.(liberals only need apply)

Hmmmm.

What if it turns out that blacks are intentionally and maliciously causing global warming?

Do you have to seek therapy from both a "Race Relations Advisor" AND an "Environmental Specialist"? Isn't this going to get to be expensive?

The Respected Doofinator