Green Jobs
Company demands rate hike for new coal plant
April 12, 2010Despite claims coal energy is cheaper than green energy, Consumers Energy wants to impose an 8.5 percent rate hike to pay for a new coal-fired plant in Michigan.
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Obama’s nuclear power plan assailed as costly and misguided
February 22, 2010President Obama's announcement of $8 billion in loan guarantees for two new nuclear reactors has drawn virtually unanimous opposition from environmental groups.
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AFL-CIO launches online college
January 26, 2010AFL-CIO is joining the National Labor College and the Princeton Review to launch an online College for Working Families.
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$100 million for green jobs training brings hope for jobless
January 8, 2010Despite a depressed economy, Joliet, Ill., ironworker Ken Kobus is optimistic.
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U.S. union members delivered jobs message in Copenhagen
December 22, 2009Forty union members from the U.S. went to the climate change talks in Copenhagen to give world leaders the working class view on saving the planet.
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