Making Green Jobs Good Jobs

 

Did you know that Wednesday, February 4th, is Green Jobs Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill?

 Today, Senate Finance Committee member Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) and House Energy and Commerce Committee member Jay Inslee (D-Washington), are scheduled to join Laborers’ International Union general president Terence O’Sullivan, Sierra Club political director Cathy Duvall, and clean energy business leaders and workers for a news conference at 11:00 a.m. (ET) in Washington D.C. at the United States Capitol to urge Congressional leaders to take more action in creating a new “Green American Dream” by making sure newly created green jobs are also good jobs that pay well and have the ability to sustain families and fuel economic recovery.

Speakers will release a new report analyzing the varied quality of existing green jobs and urge Congress to take action to ensure that the major public investments in Congress’ economic recovery and reinvestment plan create a green economy that rebuilds the middle class and renews the American Dream for America’s workers.

The release of the report comes just a day before hundreds of labor, environmental and business advocates take to Capitol Hill – on Wednesday, February 4 – for Green Jobs Advocacy Day – a day to educate lawmakers about the job-creating opportunities that exist in a greener environment.