(This is great stuff. I really like the Blue Green Alliance and they could very likely play a huge part in getting the green tech revolution rolling. - promoted by The Big E)
I'm Katie Gulley, a Regional Program Manager of the Blue Green Alliance's Labor Climate Project in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas and I'm starting this diary to help raise the profile of clean energy in the progressive community in Minnesota. While Minnesota has been a leader for a long time on clean, renewable energy policy, it's time the rest of our country starts to focus on clean energy to create jobs, cut global warming emissions, and increase our energy independence.
Recently, Blue Green Alliance, a national, strategic partnership between labor unions and environmental organizations dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the green economy, released a report (PDF) in Minnesota that shows a national Renewable Electricity Standard of 25 percent by 2025 and other common sense measures can create over 18,000 manufacturing jobs in Minnesota. Manufacturing has been one of the hardest hit sectors of our economy, and we continue to struggle to create good paying manufacturing jobs. Clean energy, in the form of wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal, can create millions of jobs in America and tens of thousands in Minnesota.
The U.S. Senate is considering clean energy legislation right now, and our Senators Klobuchar and Franken are going to be vital to getting a strong bill passed. I'll be dropping by to let you know what's going on with the bill and how you can help.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and if you want to learn more about BGA, visit our website at www.bluegreenalliance.org.
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