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Obama Should Use General Motors to Build the Green Collar Economy

Josh Nelson | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Auto Bailout, Green Collar Jobs, Green Collar Economy, Van Jones, General Motors, Economy, Politics, Green, 2008 Recession, The Big 3, Recession, Barack Obama, Bailout, Green Energy, Gm, Green News
Josh Nelson

All signals point to Obama investing heavily in green collar jobs. The labor force and manufacturing capacity of GM provides a perfect springboard for a national green jobs initiative.

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Yes We Did! But There Is a Lot More to Do

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Heck of a Job, Bill Clinton, Fema, Van Jones, Ronald Reagan, John Boehner, George W. Bush, Senate Races, Palin Pro-American Areas, Green New Deal, Real Americans, Jeremiah Wright, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, House Races, Mark Begich, Voter Turnout, Bill Ayers, Brownie, Jimmy Carter, Jeff Merkley, Joe Lieberman, Obama African American, Hurricane Katrina, President Obama, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day, Sarah Palin, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, John McCain, Obama Wins, Election Day 2008, Joe Biden, Election Results, Election, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, Presidential Election, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

Obama has not hit a home run; he has merely earned the right to step into the batter's box.

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Media Change We Can Believe In

Rory O'Connor | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Mccain, Obama, Media, Pbs, Van Jones, Rovian Political Partisanship, Media Deregulation, Cpb, Bush Administration Media, Shock Jocks, Npr, Bush Administration, Media Consolidation, Fcc, Netroots, Radio Hate Speech, Media Politics, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Media News
Rory O'Connor

The Bush Administration's default approach toward journalists has been to use them when necessary and bypass them when not.

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A Green New Deal Would Require A Broad Coalition

The Nation | Van Jones | Posted 12.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Green New Deal, Green Bailout, Green Collar Jobs, Green Jobs, New Deal, Economy, Environment, Green Economy, Van Jones, Fdr, Green News

In the New Deal period, it was a broad electoral coalition that moved the government onto the side of ordinary people, not FDR alone. Farmers, workers...

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I Support "Green Jobs, Not Jails" & Why You Should Read The Green Collar Economy, Too

Anastasia Kousakis | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Majora Carter, Green Collar Jobs, Green Jobs, Van Jones, Green Collar Economy, Sustainable South Bronx, Green for All, Green Business, Green News
Anastasia Kousakis

What if there were a way to save the Earth and strengthen the economy at the same time?

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Greening Hollywood: Liquid Gold

Paige Donner | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Liquid Gold, Peak Water, Alternative Energy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Waterkeeper Alliance, Plug-in Hybrid, Van Jones, Sundance '08, Greening Hollywood, Scientific American Earth 3.0, Water Energy Nexus, Peak Oil, Black Gold, Veggie Van, Bio-Diesel, Environment, The Green Economy, Lt. Governor John Garamendi, Fuel the Film, Solazyme, T. Boone Pickens, Petrosun, Rebecca Harrell, Josh Tickell, Biodiesel, Green News
Paige Donner

Fuel is definitely a must-see. It's a conversation starter in this all-important crash course our nation must take on issues of alternative fuels and our planet's future.

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The Other Reason "Green Collar Economy" Became a Best Seller

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Green Collar Jobs, Van Jones, Books, Economy, Camp David, Joe the Plumber, Green News, New York Times, Financial Crisis, Nicolas Sarkozy, Bestsellers, Green Books, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

What will our future economy look like? What would be my role in it? Politicians on the world stage, professors, plumbers, and just about everyone else, it seems, want to know.

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Van Jones Q&A About His New Book "The Green Collar Economy"

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick and Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Collar Economy, Green Collar, Van Jones, Van Jones Book, Huffpost Books, Books, Green Jobs, Economy, Environment, Green Living, Green News

Environmental activist Van Jones' new book "The Green Collar Economy" debuted at number 12 on the New York Times best sellers list this week. The book...

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Nick Sabloff

How Environmental Activist Van Jones' Book "The Green Collar Economy" Reached The NYT Best Sellers List

HuffingtonPost.com | Nick Sabloff | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Collar Jobs, Green Collar Economy, Green Collar, Van Jones, Huffpost Books, Books, Green News

Social and environmental activist Van Jones felt he had important message about the economy, energy prices and global warming to impart in his book "T...

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Not a Moment Too Soon: Van Jones' New Book

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Green Collar Jobs, Van Jones, Green Collar Economy, Green for All, S Renewable Energy, Clean Tech, Solar Power, Global Warming, Green News
Frances Beinecke

It's been a hard fall. That's why I couldn't imagine a better time for Van Jones to release his new book: The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems.

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Green Economy. Green Jobs. Now.

Jake Brewer | Posted 10.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs Now, Clean Energy, Energy Action Coalition, Van Jones, Green Jobs, Green for All, Economic Crisis, Green News
Jake Brewer

These are the most uncertain times young Americans my age have ever known, and many are downright panicked. Frankly, they have good reason.

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Green World-Changers: The Plenty 20 Green People And Businesses

Plenty | Dave Burdick | Posted 10.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Innovation, Al Gore, Michael Pollan, Kathleen Sebelius, Innovation, Green Living, Green Investing, Vinod Khosla, Van Jones, Green News

Plenty magazine has named its top 20 people and top 20 businesses in the game of green innovation. They seemed to have skipped me, but next year I'm g...

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DNC Diary: Rocking in the Great Outdoors, Michelle Preview, and Unplugging and Recharging at the Oasis

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Sheryl Crow, Democratic Convention, Valerie Jarrett, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Sustainable Architecture Innovator William McDonough, Dave Matthews, Laurie David, Jr., And Bobby Kennedy, Van Jones, Tim Kaine, HuffPost Oasis, Sugarland, Living News
Arianna Huffington

This morning I had breakfast with Valerie Jarrett, Michelle and Barack Obama's close friend and a senior advisor on the campaign. She'd flown in yesterday with Michelle and the kids and heard her practice her speech -- which she described as very personal and very emotional. The introductory video is narrated by Michelle's mother, who Valerie says regularly pinches herself and says, "I can't believe that's my little girl." Meanwhile, the HuffPost Oasis has become a must-visit destination for harried conventioneers. When I left the Oasis this afternoon, one high-powered magazine editor was slumping contentedly on the coach. "I've gotten two massages and taken an incredible yoga class," he said. "I can't seem to leave the Oasis." He's not the only one.

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Building a Green Economy

Adele Stan | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Poliitcs, Dnc, James-K.-Galbraith, Tom-Plant, Vestas, Van-Jones, Oakleigh-Thorne, Wind-Power, The-Predator-State, Thorne-Insititute, Democratic-National-Convention, Green Living, News, Carla-Din, Renewable-Energy, Apollo-Alliance, Colorado, Live-From-Main-Street, Economy, Green News
Adele Stan

We all say we want to go green, but do we all see the same kinds of change when we imagine an eco-friendly economy? In Denver, Colo., Tom Plant, dire...

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Green Leadership

Gavin Newsom | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: George Bush, Solar, Green Jobs, Wind, Green, Pollution, Van Jones, Gavin Newsom, Climate Change, Environment, Tidal Power, San Francisco, Austin, President Bush, Mayor Newsom, Netroots Nation, Green Economy, Green News
Gavin Newsom

San Francisco is one of the greenest cities in the country because we did not wait for Washington. We are taking action now to green our environment and our economy from the ground up.

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Remember Global Warming? That's Okay, Most People Apparently Don't, Either

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: G8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hurricanes, Van Jones, Cheney Global Warming, Bush Global Warming, Epa, Al Gore Nobel Prize, Green New Deal, Climate Change, An Inconvenient Truth, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Claire McCaskill, Carly Fiorina, Global Warming, Clean Air Act, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

What has the public reaction to the Bush administration's decision to pass the buck on global warming for a year (a year we may not be able to spare) been? Vast silence.

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Carl Pope, Van Jones Discuss What Drives Green Revolution

bravenation.com | Posted 06.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Carl Pope, Green Living, Green for All, Sierra Club, Van Jones, Green News

In any other profession, Carl Pope might be considered a "company man." He has worked loyally and tirelessly in the name of the Sierra Club for thirt...

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