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In this week's episode, GreenBiz vice president and senior analyst Dylan Siegler co-hosts, and we chat with BusinessGreen editor-in-chief James Murray and climate psychologist Renee Lertzman.
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This week's episode features highlights from VERGE Electrify, including PG&E CEO Patti Poppe, DoE official Jigar Shah and electrification expert Saul Griffith.
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Meet 2022 WSLA honoree Grace Kwok, chairman and executive director of Allied Sustainability and Environmental Consultants Group.
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On this week's episode, we feature the voices of green finance experts including Mark Carney, Sarah Bloom Raskin, Wendy Cromwell, Ron O'Hanley and more.
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More insights from the 2022 GreenBiz 30 Under 30, plus interviews with Microsoft Corporate Vice President Elisabeth Brinton and Suzano CSO Cristina Gil White.
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BusinessGreen editor in chief James Murray discusses how the Ukraine power is writing the rules for energy security in European, and GreenBiz Senior Analyst John Davies chats about salary dynamics for corporate sustainability professionals.
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Plus, a quick catch up with Dylan Siegler, vice president and senior sustainability analyst at GreenBiz.
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Plus, some great questions to consider as you develop a holistic plastics strategy.
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Tune in for contributions from seven of this year's Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards honorees.
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Universities across the U.S. are reporting increased demand for sustainability practitioners on higher education campuses despite the down economy and high unemployment.
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A new Net Impact report shows the breadth of careers in which sustainability is a key factor.
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Amtrak, the government-owned passenger rail corporation in the U.S., has awarded Siemens a $466 million contract to build 70 electric locomotives with energy efficient features.
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General Electric Company plans to invest $432 million in the next four years to establish four design and manufacturing centers for energy efficient refrigerators in the U.S. and create 500 jobs in the process.
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California collected 24 percent of global cleantech VC dollars, which translates to roughly $11.6 billion since 2006. In a promising sign, the state received 40 percent of worldwide cleantech VC in the first half of 2010, a 246 percent jump compared to the same period a year before, according to the latest research from the nonprofit Next 10.
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Solar power, biofuels and biomaterials continue to hold the best cleantech job opportunities in the U.S. with the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley again topping the list of 15 metro areas in the country with the greatest job activity, according to a new study from Clean Edge.<br />
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The organizations spanning sectors and counties are plotted on a new updated map compiled by the Environmental Defense Fund. The latest iteration has grown 60 percent since the map was unveiled last year, with Los Angeles County leading the pack.
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The Obama administration is awarding $100 million in Recovery Act funds for smart grid workforce training to prepare an estimated 30,000 Americans for the jobs that are expected to help transform the country's utility and electrical manufacturing industries.
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Baby boomers, armed with years of valuable experience, are seeking "encore careers" in fields that a deliver a social benefit. <br />
Green jobs, which many see as a bright spot in an otherwise troubled economy, appear to be a natural fit, according to a recent report.
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In the run-up to the release of the federal government's national broadband plan, a coalition of groups are detailing the ways that green technologies can grow the economy while cutting the country's carbon footprint.
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Everybody’s got one, but some years even our loved ones — not to mention our bosses — fail to ask. But we did.
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Independent power producer Caithness Energy has awarded GE a $1.4 billion contract for 338 of the company’s most advanced wind turbines to build a 845-megawatt wind farm in Oregon -- a size that outstrips all others currently operating worldwide. <br />
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With an annual increase of 2.4 percent per year, jobs in a wide number of green areas have far outpaced employment rates in other industries, according to a new study by Next 10.
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At least 30,383 jobs have been created directly or saved by contractors receiving money from the U.S. government's stimulus program, according to new reports.
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"Green-Collar Jobs: Realizing the Promise," a new study from the Sightline Insitute, takes a close look at how stimulus funding and green collar jobs are already benefiting the Pacific Northwest -- and how those successes can be spread.
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Paid for in part with stimulus funds, the Clean Energy Workforce Training Program aims to prepare 20,000 Californians for green collar jobs, such as green building designers, solar panel installers, and sustainable landscape professionals, among other positions.