Edwards: environmental work can lead to 1-2 million manufacturing jobs

[draft_mario_cuomo]

==THOMAS J. SHEERAN
The Associated Press

CLEVELAND - Millions of manufacturing jobs can result from collaboration between blue-collar industries and environmental projects, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a union political gathering Thursday.

"The Blue Green Alliance really can create 1 million, 2 million new manufacturing jobs to replace some of the jobs that have been lost," Edwards told about 600 political activists from the United Steelworkers of America union at a conference on reviving U.S. manufacturing.

The Blue Green Alliance was formed last year by the Pittsburgh-based union and the Sierra Club to promote job creation and work on environmental initiatives including global warming and development of solar and wind power.

The nation would benefit from taking the lead in developing fuel-efficient vehicles, the former North Carolina senator said.==

Read the rest at http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/8339007.html

[Beaverhausen]

1. Once again, Edwards is out front with the facts and a plan

[LaPera]

12. I agree...Edwards is amazing and keeps the progressive ideas flowing - I love

his health care plan. Check it out.

http://johnedwards.com/about/issues/health-care/

[madmunchie]

2. This was discussed by Clark in 04'

Sorry, to burst your bubble, but AGAIN, Great Idea coming from someone else and is being repackaged AND was already posted on another thread.

[draft_mario_cuomo]

4. And your point is?

What a candidate who is not running did in 2003 has no relevance to the OP.

I believe in talking about the candidates' positions on issues. This is why I post things, such as this thread, that highlight aspects of Edwards' platform. I suppose you would prefer me to simply just post poll numbers, fund-raising numbers, and reports about rallies (that never mention anything substantive the candidate said...) while ignoring what a candidate for president intends to do as president. After all, electing a president should be about image or biography. :sarcasm:

[William769]

9. I think the position is Clark is not running

So I'll just have to piss on someone else's thread.

Edwards has the ball and he's running with it.

[madmunchie]

17. No, why don't you talk about Edward's short but albeit lethal

voting record while he was supposedly doing a job of "serving the people" while he was running for POUTS.

Edwards cannot claim this as his own nor is it original, plain and simple. If he wants to make plans and speeches now about it fine, but he didn't invent the concept.

"After all, electing a president should be about image or biography." Edwards has always BEEN about image and biography - how much does he spend on haircuts and isn't he the son of a mill worker?????????

I am holding out for a REAL candidate, with REAL qualifications not a pretty boy that cherry picks issues that sound good and will further his career. THAT is what Edwards is all about.

[Catchawave]

7. Good for him...can you source his plan?

It escapes me at the moment.

[More Than A Feeling]

3. I want to know where Edwards stands on finding alternatives

to farm policies that involve oceans of petroleum derived synthetic fertilizer (which runs off and damages the environment) to grow insane amounts of unnecessary corn (driving down prices and ruining family farms) that companies stuff into every nook and cranny of processed food, and into beef cattle who were never meant to eat it, just to get rid of it all.

[draft_mario_cuomo]

6. Good question

Does anyone have the answer? Sorry, I don't but that is a good question. :applause:

[burrowowl]

5. Well no kidding!

Germany is number 3 in exports! (non-war like the U$A)
Germany and Japan lead in Solar Power!
The U$A is coping with a hugh debt and if you take out war exports is not exporting anything worth while.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. LOVE this man!

God I hope he's our next president!

[Gregorian]

10. This is extremely important.

For all of the posting I do on this forum about how what we DO NOT DO as being critical for the ecology of the planet, this is the other part of the equation. We must facilitate what engineering and research is already being done, in order to make the changes required to stem the high speed of deterioration of the planet.

We've become so dependent upon petroleum and corporations to do what we used to do, that given the peak oil situation, we are faced with losing more than just comfortable lifestyles. This is undeniably the most important phase of our new future.

This is also the inevitable golden economy we've been passing up for the quick buck of war profiteering.

It's many years overdue. And critically important.

[GreenTea]

11. This is very true..and all the old oil & coal boys won't allow an inch, they'd rather gouge, pollute

start imperialistic wars for profit to steal other country's resources, while spending billions (our tax subsidies)to convince people alternative clean energy is impossible.

Even though it's quite obvious as can be that indeed it will create tons of good paying jobs right here in this country, all sorts of attached industry and needs of all kinds to go along with the new clean energy technologies will spring up, new garage entrepreneurs & ideas will create even more jobs....It's the American way...but the monopolies & corporations of course hate it, and will try to never allow it to happen. Barbara Boxer is shouting this truth along with Edwards...

But the oil boys think that's its their money and don't want to lose or give up a dime! Even if clean energy is better for our workers pay for years to come and the health of our children....

The corporate mentality doesn't care, they just want to take, gouge & destroy anyone who gets in their way....these people are known as REPUBLICANS, sick greedy, lying hateful people, they want it all!

Cheers to John Edwards!

[jsamuel]

13. thanks for this story

[draft_mario_cuomo]

18. No problem

:hi:

[OneBlueSky]

14. absolutely true . . . except that if we don't change the current "globalization" trade policies . .

won't most of those jobs inevitably be outsourced to countries where the prevailing wages are a fraction of those in the US? . . . just askin' . . .

[jsamuel]

15. Your right and Edwards wants to change NAFTA

[LWolf]

16. This sounds very similar to DK's "WGA:"

<snip>

Franklin Roosevelt recognized when he called forth the WPA, that it was an opportunity to bring millions of jobs to America. And I intend to do something similar; to create what I call a WGA, a Works Green Administration, where we create millions of new jobs retrofitting homes with solar and wind energy. Creating millions of new jobs insulating homes. Creating a whole new movement towards conservation.

http://kucinich.us/node/4681

Kucinich has long advocated an FDR "WPA" style jobs program to rebuild infrastructure.

http://kucinich.us/issues/jobs.php

Kudos to Edwards for adopting this position. ;)