Green Education Prospectus
Green Job Growth
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts, 2009, based on the National Establishment Time Series Database; analysis by Pew Center on the States and Collaborative Economics.
Green Job Distribution
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts, 2009, based on the National Establishment Time Series Database; analysis by Pew Center on the States and Collaborative Economics.
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Live Green, Save Green by Lowering Your Energy Bills
For sure, you’re sweating like a pig right now. Who wouldn’t be right? The summer heat has reached every part of your body and it has kept you’re body temperature rising, just like when you’re having a fever.
Alongside this temperature rise, your blood pressure could rise as well. Whether you like it or not, summer heat is paired with skyrocketing energy bills. That’s why the Eco Institution’s green consultants are going out of their way to help homeowners lessen their energy usage as a good way to save money and the environment as well.
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Air Pollution Impacts the World – But Help is on the Way!
Presently industry officials are adamant on giving power companies some leniency and flexibility, because of the number of existing air regulations and more that are to come. The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) which comprises of a membership of all investor owned utilities and includes Duke and FPL group, were pushing for a climate bill that was released in May.
The climate bill released by Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) concerns the power sector, major manufacturers and transportation. If Obama and Reid are successful in their plan to focus only on power plants then the power companies and EEI need leniency or some relaxation of the regulation. Both parties to the meeting are close mouthed and refused to divulge any details.
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The Federal Government has criticized the Creative Local Green Energy Finance
Financial experts at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac who accumulated loses in the billions of dollars in the housing sector have made a decision to obstruct a promising and innovative procedure to finance local green energy ventures. The federal agency has come down heavily on an energy and money-saving program, Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE), which indicates a clear opposition to green energy ventures.
PACE programs permit local governments to vend municipal bonds in order to raise capital which will then be lent to local homeowners for renewable energy projects. PACE helps the homeowners to retrofit their old homes for green energy in two ways; provides capital and the prospect that time taken to recover the energy cost savings from your investment could be more then the time taken to own your home. Continue reading
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