Environment
Time to produce ‘plug-in’ cars in St. Paul, groups say
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Could electric cars save the Twin Cities Assembly Plant from closing? Leaders of the United Auto Workers think so.
Environment
Photo gallery highlights workers in ‘green’ jobs
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The Blue Green Alliance is sponsoring a public photo gallery that reveals how Minnesota union workers are leading the way in the green economy. The exhibit will have its grand opening Thursday, Jan. 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Common Roots Café, 2558 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis.
Environment
Blue Green Alliance nets major grant for job training
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The Blue Green Alliance Foundation will receive a $5 million Energy Training Partnership Grant to train manufacturing workers for the good jobs being created in the clean energy economy, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday.
Environment
Blue Green Alliance urges U.S. action on climate change
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While expressing hope for an agreement at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, the Blue Green Alliance said Congressional action is key to reaching a long-term, international plan to address the challenges facing the planet.
Environment
Steger to speak at program on Copenhagen climate summit
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Hear polar explorer Will Steger give a video update from the United Nations Climate Change Conference and view a new film on the environmental crisis Saturday at the Minneapolis Central Library.
Environment
Twin Cities janitors launch campaign for good, green jobs
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Twin Cities janitors and supporters will gather Saturday to launch a new contract campaign focusing on full-time, family-supporting jobs that also are good for the environment.
Environment
Blue Green Alliance: Strong renewable energy standard will revitalize U.S. manufacturing
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Environmental groups and industrial unions are leaning hard on Minnesota’s U.S. senators, pushing for vigorous, new renewable energy standards that, according to a new report, will revitalize the hard-hit manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy.
Environment
Going green in Duluth
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The Duluth labor movement is taking steps toward a greener future.
Environment
Unions showcase green building practices at Living Green Expo
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The Minnesota AFL-CIO will host workshops and showcase green building examples in the labor pavilion on the State Fairgrounds as part of this year’s Living Green Expo.
Environment
IBEW sees sunny prospects for renewable energy jobs
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Darryl Thayer, a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 292 in Minneapolis, hardly received a visionary’s welcome when he addressed the Minnesota legislature in 1968 about the need to develop solar energy and wean the state from fossil fuel-based sources. Worse yet, says Thayer, many of his fellow workers “thought I was nuts.”