Green Labor Journal - Featured Articles

February Issue - Saturday, February 4, 2012

FutureGen's Carbon Capture and Storage Project

By Kenneth K. Humphreys

FutureGen Alliance selected Morgan County, Ill. as the home of FutureGen 2.0. The project began in February 2011 and is a first-of-its-kind, near-zero emissions power plant that will combine cutting-edge technologies in a single, commercial-scale plant to

U.S. DOE-funded clean coal project will produce jobs, clean air and affordable electricity

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Japan's Nuclear Crisis: What About the Workers?

By Jerry Brown

Fukushima nuclear plant workers exposed to lethal levels of radiation.

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NLC Launches Green Workplace Representative Certificate Program

By Tom Kriger

Graduates of National Labor College's degree program. Photo courtesy: National Labor College

The first course in this four-course program, Introduction to Green Workplaces and Sustainability Audits, is scheduled for June 26 - July 1, 2011. Register now!

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AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker

By Arlene Holt Baker

Arlene Holt Baker, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO

Inspiring Remarks at 2011 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference, Washington, D.C.

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Low-Carbon Jobs Potential

By Bill Banig and Eugene Trisko

United Mine Workers of America: Analysis of advanced coal-based electric generation and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies

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Reinventing Fire: A New Vision

By Amory B. Lovins

Reinventing Fire: RMI's detailed strategy for building a secure and climate-safe energy system.

A strategy to move the U.S. off fossil fuels by 2050, lead by business for profit

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Election 2010: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

By Andrea Buffa

Californians say "no" to Big Oil's Proposition 23. On the national front, most experts agree that a comprehensive clean energy and climate bill is not going anywhere in the newly configured U.S. House and Senate.

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Thousands Join "One Nation" Rally in D.C.

By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

Green For All CEO Speaks at "One Nation Working Together" Rally in Washington, D.C.

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Nuclear Plants Boost Economy, Protect the Environment

By Marvin Fertel

Southern Company's Plant Vogtle, site of first new nuclear units in the 21st century

A balanced portfolio is needed to meet 20 percent increase in electricity use by 2030

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"Save Our Ride" Campaign Fights for Mass Transit

By James C. Little and Ron Heintzman

May 21, Cleveland: Amalgamated Transit Union members from Chicago join a spirited “Save Our Ride” rally.

Enviros, community groups join unions for coast-to-coast rallies

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Freedom from Future Oil Spills

By Jerry Brown

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

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Senator John Kerry Speaks at Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference

By John Kerry

Pass comprehensive climate, energy bill. We cannot drill and burn our way out of danger. But we can invent and invest our way out of it.

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The Ohio Advantage

By Gov. Ted Strickland

Ohio is leading the way in transforming the Midwest Rust Belt into a 21st century economy featuring energy efficiency and renewable energy

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Denise Bode on Green Jobs in Wind Energy

By Jerry Brown

Denise Bode, CEO American Wind Energy Association

An interview with the CEO, American Wind Energy Association, on 85,000 wind energy jobs today and DOE projections that wind can provide 20% U.S. electricity by 2030

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