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A “green job” is a job that helps to reduce energy consumption and decrease our impact on the environment. As part of President Obama’s plan to reduce America’s environmental impact, he created the White House Council on Environmental Quality and assigned Van Jones, a Yale Law School graduate, community activist, and environmental entrepreneur, to the position. This position requires Jones to create as many green jobs as possible by coordinating government agencies already looking to the green sector. He will also be advising the President on jobs that cut energy use. Read more…
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The California Air Resources Board has adopted a regulation that forces landfills to install equipment that captures methane gas or fixes leaking methane gas collection systems. This is in order to reduce the amount of green house gases being released into our atmosphere. Currently California has 367 solid waste landfills, 218 of which will be affected by this new regulation. Read more…
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In an effort to reduce its’ carbon footprint, Congress plans on closing the only coal-burning power plant in the District of Columbia, which supplies much of the energy used at the congressional buildings. The Capitol Power Plant has been running for 99 years on coal and is thought to have caused breathing problems experienced by residents and workers in the area. The release of sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and particulate matter also leads to decreasing air quality in the area. The power plant will be making a complete switch to natural gas, and residents that live near Capitol Hill support this move to a cleaner energy and want the exchange to happen quickly. Read more…
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