Senator Feingold Pushes Funding For ‘Green Jobs’
By newsdesk - Posted on March 3rd, 2008
Feingold Part of Effort to Fully Fund Job Initiatives Aimed at Reducing our Dependence on Oil
February 28, 2008 -- Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) is supporting ways to move the country toward energy independence through the creation of “green collar” jobs.
Feingold has joined an effort led by fellow Senate Budget Committee member Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) to urge their fellow Budget Committee members to fully fund a Green Collar Jobs Initiative, aimed at funding renewable energy and advanced technology polices included in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The initiative would create jobs with the goal of producing energy efficient buildings, solar panels, wind turbines, advanced technology vehicles and renewable biofuels and energy.
“When I travel around Wisconsin holding my listening sessions, two of the most frequently raised domestic concerns are job losses and energy issues,” Feingold said. “This green jobs initiative is exactly what our country should be doing to reduce our dependency on oil and slow climate change while providing jobs to hard-working Americans.”
In a letter to the Senate Budget Committee leadership, Feingold and the other senators called for the full funding of programs in last year’s Energy Bill including:
* Energy efficiency and conservation block grants
* Weatherization and commercial building initiatives
* Incentives for advanced battery production and storage capability
* Energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program
* Loans for retooling factories for the production of advanced technology vehicles including hybrids, plug-ins hybrids, advanced direct injection gasoline, advanced diesel, and fuel cells.
* Advanced biofuels production and infrastructure
“The United States has the opportunity to improve our economy and global competitiveness by creating green jobs at home, in a growing sector that produces clean and efficient homes, appliances, vehicles, fuels, and energy. Investing domestically now will ensure we do not have to import renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind, and advanced biofuels,” the senators wrote.
Source: Senator Russ Feingold
Bookmark/Search this post with:
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
Login to post comments
Related articles
- Statement of Senator Barack Obama on Senate Bills to Cut Energy Costs
- Feingold, Kohl, Ryan Press GM To Reconsider Closing Janesville Plant
- New Analysis Shows Lieberman-Warner Bill Will Spark Major Transition to Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency
- Senator Reid Unveils "Consumer-First Energy Act Of 2008"
- Senator Harkin Calls On EPA To Continue Renewable Fuel Standards
Latest stories
- Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama for President: Video from this morning's appearance on Meet the Press
- Keating Economics
- Pelosi: The Legislation Has Failed But the Crisis Has Not Gone Away; We Must Work in a Bipartisan Way to Pass New Legislation
- Congressman Hoyer Statement Following Vote on Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
- Senator McCaskill Calls for Greater Accountability on Wall Street
- Senator Bob Casey Statement on Bailout Bill
- Senator Hillary Clinton Calls for Bipartisan Action on Economic Crisis
- Congress Passes Obama, Murkowski, Allen Bill to Ban Dangerous Mercury Exports
- Barack Obama Statement on Financial Plan Breakthrough
- Barack Obama Calls on VA Secretary to Provide Critical Data on Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans to Improve Veterans Services
Yes We Can
Yes We Can:
