Here are just some of the ways the upcoming sequester — untargeted federal budget cuts — will impact all of us in 2013 alone. We need smart, target investments that will promote growth and address climate change, not untargeted cuts that will cost us jobs, make our families and communities less safe, and cripple our economy.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 158 in Green Bay, Wisconsin is training workers in the skills they need to safely and correctly install solar energy projects.
What do these states have in common: AR, CO, IA, MN, OR, VT? They’re all states where wind jobs have been lost or endangered by Congress’s delay to renew the Production Tax Credit for wind energy
Congress is back in session. It’s time for them to take action and pass the Production Tax Credit for wind energy.
Extending the Production Tax Credit through 2016 would increase total wind-supported jobs to 95,000, while total wind investment would grow to $16.3 billion.