Obama to promote green jobs during visit to northern Virginia business President Barack Obama has green jobs on his agenda. Obama sees a thriving clean energy based economy as the catalyst for future job growth in America. The president will talk about ...
<div><p>If you are looking for an ethical, environment-friendly holiday, it seems like the perfect place to start. Responsible Travel promises 'hand-picked holidays from hundreds of specialist operators who care about the environment and local people'. The company is by far the most ...
<div><p>H&#228;ndel&#246; is an idyllic place, with lush green fields and pine woods. But if you look closer, you find more than a dozen factories hidden behind the trees. This is an industrial park with a difference.</p><p>Just outside the city of ...
<div id="subtitle">Back to school: Laid-off workers bet on clean energy, seek training for 'green-collar' jobs</div><div><p>As the economy sheds jobs, community colleges across the country are reporting a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that offer training for "green-collar" jobs.</p><p> ...
<div><p>Whether building new, renovating or simply looking to replace a piece of equipment, more and more facility executives are considering green as an option. But researching green products can represent a serious commitment of time and often can lead to frustration. Frequently, ...
<div><p>Growing fears about a global economic slowdown and the credit crunch wreaked havoc on global financial markets in the first quarter of 2008. Some believe it may also put the brakes on the growth of the emerging green-business field, including alternative energy, ...
<div id="subtitle">Report to mayors says 4.2 million new `green' jobs possible from renewable energy, efficiency.</div><div><p>A major shift to renewable energy and efficiency is expected to produce 4.2 million new environmentally friendly "green" jobs over the next three decades, according to a study ...
<div><p>It's becoming easier and easier to gin up enthusiasm for high-end green buildings: the glass-and-steel confections bedecked with solar panels and topped with pricey shrubs. But what if you can't pay for cutting-edge technology? Can housing for the masses be eco-friendly too? ...
<div><p>US Vice President Joe Biden pushed "green jobs" Friday as a way to help the middle class weather economic hard times, saying better pay and social benefits will flow from producing environmentally friendly goods and services.</p><p>Biden was scheduled to open a meeting ...
<div><p>So, you don’t have a job. Could you get one by being green? </p><p>In the last year, the U.S. Green Building Council has held two green jobs fairs in New York for would-be sustainable designers and the businesses who want them, drawing ...
