Monthly Updates

 

May 2010

Urging NYC Charter Commission to "Go Slow, Get it Right" • Good Jobs Green Jobs conference • People's World Conference on Climate Change • Bronx Green Jobs Roundtable • EPA Considering Relaxing Safety Standards for Toxins in Public Schools

April 2010
Urban Agenda testified in favor of a NYC bill to Streamline Workforce Development • Comment by April 30th on the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s “Green Jobs” Definition • Jameelah Muhammad, NY Jobs with Justice and ROOTs

February 2010
CWE wins Pathways out of Poverty grant • Green schools offer NYC students unique perspective • CCNY starts Sustainability in the Urbn Environment, a new graduate program

January 2010
Copenhagen Update: Green Jobs • Updates on Cash for Caulkers; Greener, Greated Buildings; Kingsbridge Armory Campaign; MTA Crisis • Al Huang and the NRDC

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November 2009
Celebrate our Fifth Anniversary • Resources on Jobs and the Economy • NY State Public Service Commission Approves 'Demand Response' Programs

October 2009
Launch of the Roadmap • Green Jobs/Green NY Legislation Passes • Laura Caruso and SEIU 32BJ • Resources on Jobs and the Economy • Reindustrialization Strategies

September 2009
Healthcare • DOL Wage Schedules for Weatherization • The IMPACT Act • Adam Friedman and Pratt Center for Community Development

August 2009
Green Collar Jobs Roundtable Vision Statement • One Year, One Thousand Supers • Lavon Chambers and Laborers' Local 10 • Green For All's webinar • American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES)

July 2009
Green Collar Jobs Roundtable: 170 Organizations Convene to Bring NYC to the Fore of the Emerging Green Economy • Green Building Legislation Brings All Sides to City Council • Liz Weiner & Conservation Services Group • One City, One Future

June 2009
Visionary Awards Recap • U.S. Dept. of Labor Releases Initial Plans for Green Jobs Training Money Disbursement • Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12 • Green Jobs/Green Homes NY

May 2009
Consortium for Workers Education • Seeing Green: New Jobs Lead to New Visions • Remembering May Day

April 2009
Public Conference Call on the Economic Stimulus • Visionary Awards 2009 • NYC Stimulus Tracker Launches •

February 2009
Public Forum: The New Apollo Program, the Economic Stimulus and NYC • Green Collar Jobs Roundtable Campaign Update • The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

January 2009
The Federal Economic Stimulus and New York City • What does a threatened transit system mean for New York City?