"Green Jobs" for NYC? What about the rest of us?

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Monday, June 1, 2009

"Green Jobs" for NYC

No doubt, “Green Jobs” are part of a solution for urban areas and close in suburban areas. However, having battled through the “Wars on Poverty” and the other “Bootstrap” operations by well meaning social activists, I am skeptical about the stated objectives of Rep. Tonko’s contention… “[The report]... Sign in to see full entry.

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“Green Jobs/Green Homes New York” outlines a policy roadmap for New York State to achieve mass-scale energy-efficiency improvements—or retrofits—of 1 million housing units over the next five years. “We know from the past 30 years of weatherization that with a relatively small investment in changing an existing structure you can save 30 to 40 percent in home energy,” said Gelman. “In New York, that will amount to about $1 billion per year if 1 million homes are weatherized.”

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