A lot of promising news out there. 

With unemployment numbers finally inching in the right direction, President Obama announced a broad new spending strategy Tuesday that he hopes can grow this economic “green shoot” into green jobs.

Speaking at the Brookings Institution following a White House jobs summit and a trip through Pennsylvania steel country, Obama outlined ideas for a new federal stimulus that would focus largely on small businesses and greener infrastructure projects, s...

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1. Transitioning to Green™ forum at FDU Madison ‎ West Milford Messenger - 18 hours ago Florham Park, NJ — Job seekers, students, researchers, field experts, and people interested in careers in the Green Economy will have the opportunity to ... Fairleigh Dickinson University to host forum on 'green' jobs‎ - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com all 3 news articles »

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   If Only Hand Wringing Created Green Jobs ‎ The Daily Score (blog) - 1 day ago The piece starts by questioning the ...

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There have been a fair number of mainstream news articles expressing concern that the many promised green collar jobs created with stimulus funding are not appearing. These pieces often follow a certain hackneyed formula, citing a huge dollar figure from legislation passed earlier this year and then pointing to the fact that only a few workers have been hired. There are a number of problems with these reports that should cause readers to reserve their judgment on how the green jobs effort is ...
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The "green jobs" movement in the Hudson Valley is young, but real, and will grow in coming years, speakers at a conference said Friday.
To help that growth, a focus is needed on improving educational systems to help emerging industries. Also, solutions are needed to unlock financing that green businesses, which are mostly small, require to grow.

About 150 people attended the Green 2010 conference held at the Cary Institute for Ecosystems Studies. It was the fifth annual event, but this one ca...

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