Dems In Congress: 'Green-Collar Jobs' Will Fight Poverty & Global Warming

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From HuffPost:


Van Jones

05.23.2007
Dems In Congress: 'Green-Collar Jobs' Will Fight Poverty & Global Warming (3 comments )

Congressional Voices Say: Fight Poverty & Global Warming With "Green-Collar Jobs"

Hooray! Hooray! FINALLY !!! ?

Yesterday, some House Democrats finally "connected the dots" on ways to solve two of the nation's biggest problems: failing American job security and global climate security.

By addressing both issues simultaneously, these Congressional leaders may re-energize the anti-poverty movement -- and transform the debate on global warming.

U.S. Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) both sit on the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed the committee. Markey is the chair.
Yesterday the Select Committee held a special hearing, entitled: "Economic Impacts of Global Warming: Green Collar Jobs."

(I was happy to provide testimony at the hearing, along with Elsa Barboza of SCOPE in Los Angeles, and Jerome Ringo of the Apollo Alliance.)

At the special hearing, Congresswoman Solis addressed the importance of using green collar jobs both as a way to curb global warming -- and as pathways out of poverty. .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-jones/dems-in-congress-green_b_49159.html