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G.E. to Add Two New U.S. Plants as Unions Agree on Cost Controls

Monday, August 10th, 2009

For the first time in decades, General Electric is adding new operations at two of its manufacturing hubs, underlining what the company says is a new commitment to producing in the United States.
G.E. is building a 350-employee plant in Schenectady, N.Y., to make high-density batteries that will turn many locomotives into diesel-electric hybrids.

Source: CNBC, TheNewYorkTimes

~News submitted by upthecreek

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GE Moves Green Jobs To China

Monday, July 27th, 2009

In the last decade, GE has closed over 15 factories in Ohio and downsized numerous others. Since 1980, employment in GE Lighting has dropped by 68 percent.

A large chunk of that manufacturing has gone to China, and now GE plans to send even more to China in the wake of new clean energy policies.

Source: HuffingtonPost

~News submitted by David

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UK: Wind turbine workers continue occupation at axed plant

Monday, July 27th, 2009

(Newport, UK) Workers were last night occupying a wind turbine factory for the sixth day in protest at the imminent closure of the plant.
The Danish owners of Vestas Wind Systems factory say the plant will close ‘within days’, with the loss of 525 jobs, because the UK market for turbines is too small.

Source: DailyMail

~News submitted by upthecreek

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Nissan’s new electric car to create 1,300 jobs in Tennessee

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Nissan Motor Co. plans to create 1,300 jobs in Smyrna, Tenn., when it begins manufacturing its new zero-emission car, officials said Tuesday.

Source: Memphis Business Journal

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Green Jobs Sector Poised for Explosive Growth, Study Says

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

The “clean-energy economy” grew 9.1 percent between 1998 and 2007 to 777,000 jobs. While that is just half a percent of all U.S. jobs, the clean-energy economy is poised to grow significantly with financial support from the public and private sectors.

Source: The NY Times

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Report: ‘Green’ jobs outpacing traditional ones

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

“Green jobs” are growing nearly 2-1/2 times as fast as traditional jobs, finds a new study by Pew Charitable Trusts. The study, released Wednesday by Pew as the first ever count of such jobs in all 50 states, concludes that the clean energy economy, while still in its infancy, “is a vital component of America’s new economic landscape.”

According to the Pew study, by 2007, more than 68,200 green businesses in all fifty states and the District of Columbia generated 770,000 jobs. By way of comparison, utilities, coal mining, and the oil and gas industry employed 1.27 million workers in 2007.

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

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Unemployed seek training for ‘green collar’ jobs

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

With unemployment increasing, community colleges across the country report a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that can train them for “green-collar” jobs.

Students can learn how to install solar panels, repair wind turbines, produce biofuels and do other work related to renewable energy. In order to keep up with the increasing demand, two-year colleges are launching or expanding green job training with money from the federal stimulus package.

Source: AP

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