Green Collar Jobs

npr.org — Van Jones has been on a crusade to, in his words, "green the ghetto" by connecting "the people who most need work" with "the work that most needs to be done" to conserve energy and protect the environment. Now that Jones is President Obama's special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation, he tells NPR how he is working to implement his vision. Jones will be a speaker at the America's Future NOW! conference in Washington June 1-3.

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time.com — We're all supposed to be Keynesian now, so we should understand that government spending creates short-term economic stimulus, which is one reason the Bush-era bubble took so long to burst. But not all government spending is created equal. Obama needs to pump serious cash into the economy in a way that promotes his long-term priorities.

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thenation.com — The answer to our social, economic and ecological crises can be one and the same: a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.

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