Van Jones in DC on Saturday!

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Green For All President Van Jones to Join DC Councilmembers, Anacostia Families to Demand Green Jobs Now! DC Event One of Hundreds Planned Nationwide to Highlight Economic Benefits of Transitioning to Clean Energy.

Green For All President Van Jones, community groups and DC elected officials will join Anacostia families Saturday, September 27th to call for green jobs now! The District stands to benefit tremendously from the emerging green jobs movement, and the local event aims to educate and empower DC families to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the transition to clean energy.

The event is part of the National Day of Action for Green Jobs, a day when thousands of citizens from across the nation will get together to show our leaders that we are ready for green jobs now! The DC event will feature a morning service project, a rally and an educational fair and is focused on low-income residents, ex-offenders and the faith-based communities in DC’s Ward 8.

WHAT:                 "Get Going, Get Green: Green Jobs Now" rally and jobs fair in Anacostia

WHEN:                 September 27th 2008 Clean-up Project 9:00am – 11:00am Green-Collar Jobs, Health and Community Fair 12:00pm – 4:00pm

SPEAKERS:          Van Jones, Founder and President of Green For All Councilmember Marion Barry, Ward 8 Councilmember Councilmember Mary Cheh, Ward3 Councilmember Reverend Anthony Motley, President of the Jobs Coalition Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, US Congresswoman from DC And more…

WHERE:               Bethlehem Baptist Church 2458 Martin Luther King, Jr Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20020 Bethlehem Baptist Church is directly across from Anacostia Metro Station (Green line)

WHO:                   We Campaign, Green For All, 1Sky, the Ward 8 Environmental Council, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network,  Jobs Coalition, Serve Nation, and Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light.

 

 

Learn more at: http://events.greenjobsnow.com/greenforall/events/show/5174              

 

This is Newt

Do you know Newt? I bet you do. He’s trying to hijack this Saturday’s Green Jobs Now event with his Drill Here Drill Now Campaign. Join us, not them here: http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/campaigns/campaign_detail.cfm?id=91

Independent study shows that Virginia can provide for its energy needs to 2025 without building new coal plants

Press Statement
September 19, 2008

Sarah Rispin Staff Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, 434-977-4090
Kayti Wingfield Sierra Club, Virginia Chapter, 540-470-0643
Tom Cormons Appalachian Voices, 301-910-8973

Richmond, Va. – The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) submitted a report today to Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, following months of analysis, showing that energy efficiency is a cheap, accessible and low-impact way to provide for the lion’s share of the growth in Virginia’s projected energy use through 2025. The report says that, even taking policy constraints into account, and rolling out less than half of the energy-efficiency measures that are cost-effective given current electricity rates, Virginia can achieve almost 28 million kilowatt hours (kWh) in energy savings by 2025. At the same time, such a program would save ratepayers $15 billion in energy bills, pump $11 billion in investments into the Virginia economy, and create over 9,800 jobs in the state. This is more than double the rate of savings that Virginia’s 2007 electric utility restructuring legislation recommends.

Wise Energy for Virginia lauds the report, which shows clearly that energy efficiency

GM Exec Denies Global Warming, Disses Own Car

Cross posted on theGreenMiles.

General Motors Vice Chairman of Global Product Development Bob Lutz was just on The Colbert Report blaming global warming on sunspots and dissing his own Chevrolet Volt as a weak, unattractive car. I’ll post the video here as soon as it’s online.

UPDATE: Here’s the video. Note to Bob for future reference – if you’re going to greenwash, it’s best not to come right out and deny the scientific consensus on global warming with a made-up number of people who believe in a kooky denial scheme. Kind of undercuts your alleged green credentials.

Will Webb Waver on Clean Energy?

UPDATE: Here’s a good piece from Grist on the bill>> This is a completely ridiculous quote: “‘The Democrats are so focused on saving the planet that they’re not focused on saving America,’ said Rep. Phil Gingry (R-Ga.).”

Last night, the House voted 236-189 to widen offshore oil and gas exploration, expand renewable energy incentives, and end $18 billion in subsidies to oil companies.

While this bill is certainly a compromise Continue reading