Presidential candidates are preaching the gospel of green jobs- building windmills, solar panels and energy-efficient homes. But will those political promises really make green paychecks?
Green Collar Revolution
The green economy is booming, but there’s a shortage of trained workers. Living on Earth takes a look at one man’s vision for a green “pathway out of poverty”.
The Takeaway talks with Van Jones, author of ‘The Green Collar Economy’ and founding president of Green for All, an organization that promotes green-collar jobs and opportunities for the disadvantaged
Host Steve Curwood talks with Phil Angelides, chairman of the board of the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of business, labor, and environmental groups that promotes clean energy technology and the creation of green jobs.
