http://www.ourfuture.org/content/new+energy/fact_sheets_briefs Posts in an issue (node teasers) en http://www.ourfuture.org/fact-sheets-briefs/congress-spurs-growth-america-s-clean-energy-economy <p>The energy bill just passed by the Congress and signed by President Bush does contain a significant progressive policy breakthrough: a commitment to invest millions of dollars in green-collar jobs that will usher in a new era of clean, sustainable, domestically produced energy. Our allies at the Apollo Alliance have an analysis of what progressives can cheer about in the legislation.</p> New Energy 501c(3) Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:00:00 -0800 Isaiah J. Poole 20419 at http://www.ourfuture.org http://www.ourfuture.org/fact-sheets-briefs/new-energy-america-apollo-jobs-report-0 <p>Green collar jobs</p> New Energy 501c(3) Apollo Alliance Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:57:51 -0800 Ian Mishalove 13138 at http://www.ourfuture.org http://www.ourfuture.org/fact-sheets-briefs/clean-energy-101-0 New Energy 501c(3) Apollo Alliance Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:56:24 -0800 Bill Scher 13137 at http://www.ourfuture.org http://www.ourfuture.org/fact-sheets-briefs/energy-consumption-101-0 New Energy 501c(3) Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:54:45 -0800 Anita Chariw2 13136 at http://www.ourfuture.org http://www.ourfuture.org/fact-sheets-briefs/road-energy-independence New Energy 501c(3) Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:45:19 -0800 Ian Mishalove 13135 at http://www.ourfuture.org http://www.ourfuture.org/fact-sheets-briefs/ten-point-plan-good-jobs-and-energy-independence-0 New Energy 501c(3) Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:43:42 -0800 Alex Carter 13134 at http://www.ourfuture.org http://www.ourfuture.org/fact-sheets-briefs/energy-facts-glance <ul> <li>A 10-year, $300 billion investment in energy efficiency could create 3.3 million new jobs in the United States.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Gas prices at the pump are up 50% since 2000, and the price of home heating oil has almost doubled over the same period.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>The 2005 energy bill pushed through the Congress and signed by President Bush created $6 billion in subsidies and tax breaks for oil and gas companies though in the same year those companies raked in more than $64 billion in profits.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>A single terrorist attack on key Saudi facilities could knock 6 million barrels per day off the world market and push oil prices past $100 per barrel.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Unchecked climate change, higher sea levels and temperature fluctuations over the next decades are, insurance companies warn, liable to cost the U.S. $100 billion to $300 billion per year.</li> </ul> New Energy The Big Con 501c(3) Corroded Pipes Corroded Policy Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:19:44 -0800 Rick Perlstein 403 at http://www.ourfuture.org http://www.ourfuture.org/fact-sheets-briefs/new-energy-america-apollo-jobs-report New Energy 501c(3) Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:01:42 -0800 Anita Chariw2 139 at http://www.ourfuture.org http://www.ourfuture.org/fact-sheets-briefs/clean-energy-101 New Energy 501c(3) Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:58:57 -0800 Bill Scher 138 at http://www.ourfuture.org http://www.ourfuture.org/fact-sheets-briefs/energy-consumption-101 New Energy 501c(3) Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:56:58 -0800 Isaiah J. Poole 137 at http://www.ourfuture.org