Green Labor Journal

July Issue - Saturday, July 31, 2010

Freedom from Future Oil Spills

By Jerry Brown Jul 07, 2010

A roadmap to U.S. independence from Persian Gulf oil and offshore drilling

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Explosion, Offshore, Gulf of Mexico

Cleantech Tracker:

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter

By Michael Nutter Jul 07, 2010

Philadelphia's plan for reducing energy costs and growing a green economy

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Affiliate Actions:

GREENING The Campus

By Barbara McKenna Jul 07, 2010

University of Oregon's Bike Loan Program

The sustainability movement in higher education looks for critical mass

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Oil Spill Increases Urgency for Climate and Clean Energy Action

By Jerome Ringo

Oil spill should mobilize a national shift toward clean energy. Apollo Alliance board member, Jerome Ringo, wrote this op-ed three weeks after the oil rig explosion that led to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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NLC Green Education & Training:

NLC Green Workplace Representative Certificate Program to Begin on September 26, 2010

By Tom Kriger

Course Schedule for the Green Workplace Certificate Program:

1) Introduction to Green Jobs and Green Workplaces / Sept 26 - Oct 1, 2010; 2) Green Audit I: Building the Sustainable Workplace / Dec 5 - 10, 2010; 3) Green Audit II: Reduce, Re-Use and Recycle / March 6 - 11, 2011; and 4) Building Green Labor-Management Partnerships / June 5 - 10, 2011.

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