Green Collar Jobs

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ARTICLES

Lisa Abel and Karen Thomas, "Minding the Planet: Sustainability Reporting at YSI," Kent, OH: Owner at Work, Winter 2007/2008.
article-abel-thomas.pdf (360KB)

Tom Barrett, "Remarks of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett," Mayors' Climate Summit, Seattle, WA: U.S. Conference of Mayors, November 1, 2007.
article-barrett.pdf (80KB)

Brita Belli, "Welcome to Green-Collar America: Does the Future of the American Middle Class Lie in Sustainable Business?" E Magazine, Volume XVIII, Number 6, November-December 2007.
article-belli.pdf (320KB)

Mark A. Bolinger, "Community-Owned Wind Power Development: The Challenge of Applying the European Model in the United States, and How States Are Addressing That Challenge, "Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, August 2004.
article-bolinger.pdf (190KB)

Howard Frumkin, “Urban Sprawl and Public Health,” Atlanta, GA: Public Health Reports, Vol. 12, May/June 2002.
article-frumkin.pdf (490KB)

John Funk, "EBO Group aims to be at forefront of plug-in hybrid technology," Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 12, 2007.
article-funk.pdf (65KB)

Jerry D. Glover, Cindy M. Cox, and John P. Reganold, "Future Farming: A Return to Roots?" Scientific American, August 2007, pp. 82-89.
article-glover-et-al.pdf (1.1MB)

Green for All, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Green Jobs Act of 2007, Oakland, CA: Green For All, February 2008.
article-green-for-all.pdf (50KB)

Ted Howard, Steve Dubb, and Gar Alperovitz, “Help Wanted: Green Businesses Seek Worker-Owners. Walk to Work. Good Benefits,” Yes!, summer 2009, pp. 44-45.
article-howard-et-al09.pdf (170KB)

Van Jones, "The New Environmentalists," ColorLines, issue 39, July-August 2007.
article-jones.pdf (65KB)

Van Jones and Ben Wyskida, "Green-Collar Jobs for Urban America," Bainbridge, WA: Yes! Magazine, Winter 2007.
articles-jones-wyskida.pdf (200KB)

Elizabeth Kolbert, “Greening the Ghetto: Can a remedy serve for a both global warming and poverty?” New York, NY: The New Yorker, January 12, 2009.
article-kolbert.pdf (310KB)

Peter Krouse, "Green-collar jobs growing in Northeast Ohio," Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 10, 2008.
article-krouse.pdf (320KB)

David Kupper, "Bridging the Green: Van Jones on Jobs, Jails, and Environmental Justice," The Sun, March 2008, pp. 4-12.
article-kupper.pdf (530KB)

Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, "Environmental Justice for All," Co-op America Quarterly, fall 2007, pp. 14-17, 19.
article-rysavy.pdf (170KB)

Mary Swanton, "Strange Bedfellows," Inside Counsel Magazine, April 2008.
article-swanton.pdf (65KB)

Stephen Thompson, "Backyard powerhouses: "Green Tags" spur development of renewable power co-ops in Northwest," Rural Cooperatives, September-October 2004, pp. 18-19, 36.
article-thompson.pdf (240KB)

Catherine Tumber, “Small, Green, and Good: The role of neglected cities in a sustainable future,” Boston, MA: BostonReview, March/April 2009.
article-tumber.pdf (180KB)

Susan M. Wachter, Kevin C. Gillen, and Carolyn R. Brown, “Green Investment Strategies: A Positive Force in Cities,” Communities & Banking, spring 2008, pp. 24-27.
article-wachter-et-al.pdf (1.8MB)

BOOKS

Reid Ewing, Keith Bartholomew, Steve Winkelman, Jerry Walters and Don Chen, “Overview,” Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute, 2008.
chapter-ewing-et-al.pdf (7.3MB)

Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendricks, Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2007.
book-inslee-hendricks-chp1.pdf (600KB)

David Morris, Self-Reliant Cities: Energy and the Transformation of Urban America, Minneapolis, MN: New Rules Project, 2008.
book-morris.pdf (1.5MB)

PAPERS

David M, Abromowitz, Green Affordable Housing: Within Our Reach, Washington, DC: Center for American Progress, 2008.
paper-abromowitz08.pdf (2.9MB)

Apollo Alliance, The New Apollo Program: Clean Energy, Good Jobs, San Francisco, CA: Apollo Alliance, September 2008.
paper-apollo.pdf (1.3MB)

John Bailey, Carbon Caps With Universal Dividends: Equitable, Ethical & Politically Effective Climate Policy, Minneapolis, MN: New Rules Project, January 2008.
paper-bailey08.pdf (950KB)

John Bailey, Lessons from the Pioneers: Tackling Global Warming at the Local Level, Minneapolis, MN: Institute for Local Self-Reliance, January 2007.
paper-bailey07.pdf (460KB)

Roger H. Bezdek, Economic and Jobs Impacts of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Industries: U.S. and Ohio, Cleveland, OH: Solar 2007, July 2007.
paper-bezdek.pdf (395KB)

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Ben Brangwyn and Rob Hopkins, Transition Initiatives Primer—becoming a Transition Town, City, District, Village, Community or even Island, Totnes, Devon UK: Transition Network, August 2008.
paper-brangwyn-hopkins.pdf (1.5MB)

Bill Endicott, Amy Fiato, Scott Foster, TaiLin Huang, and Peter Totev, Research on Building Deconstruction: Final Project Report, paper for CE 268E Civil Systems and the Environment Professor Arpad Horvath, Berkeley, CA: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering and Project Management, University of California, Berkeley, May 13, 2005.
paper-endicott-et-al.pdf (740KB)

John Farrell, Minnesota Feed-In Tariff Could Lower Cost, Boost Renewables and Expand Local Ownership, Policy Brief, Minneapolis, MN: New Rules Project, January 2008.
paper-farrell.pdf (700KB)

John Farrell and David Morris, Rural Power: Community-Scaled Renewable Energy and Rural Economic Development, Minneapolis, MN, New Rules Project, August 2008.
paper-farrell-morris.pdf (4.4MB)

Omar Freilla, Green Development for Environmental Justice & Healthy Communities, Bronx, NY: Green Worker Cooperatives, 2005.
paper-freilla.pdf (140KB)

Kate Gordon, Make It In America: The Apollo Green Manufacturing Action Plan, San Francisco, CA: Apollo Alliance, March 2009.
paper-gordon.pdf (900KB)

Kate Gordon, Jeremy Hays, Leon Sompolinsky, Elizabeth Tan, and Jackie Tsou, Community Jobs in the Green Economy, San Francisco and Oakland, CA: Apollo Alliance and Urban Habitat, 2007.
paper-gordon-et-al.pdf (3.5MB)

Brad Heavner and Bernadette Del Chiaro, Renewable Energy and Jobs: Employment Impacts of Developing Markets for Renewables in California, Sacramento, CA: Environment California Research and Policy Center, July 2003.
paper-heavner-del-chiaro.pdf (315KB)

David J. Hess, The Green Technopole and Green Localism: Ecological Modernization, the Treadmill of Production, and Regional Development, Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2003. Paper prepared for presentation at the "Symposium on the Treadmill of Production," University of Wisconsin at Madison, October 2003.
paper-hess.pdf (100KB)

Daniel M. Kammen, Kamal Kapadia, and Matthias Fripp, Putting Renewables to Work: How Many Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Generate? — Report of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, Berkeley, CA: Energy and Resources Group, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, April 13, 2004, updated January 31, 2006.
paper-kammen-et-al.pdf (270KB)

Gregory H. Kats, Green Building Costs and Financial Benefits, Westborough, MA: Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, 2003.
paper-kats.pdf (480KB)

Philip Mattera, High Road or Low Road? Job Quality in the New Green Economy, Washington, DC: Good Jobs First, February 2009.
paper-mattera.pdf (1MB)

David Morris, Driving Our Way to Energy Independence, Minneapolis, MN: Institute for Local Self-Reliance, April 2008.
paper-morris.pdf (650KB)

Geoff Mulgan and Omar Salem, The Green Economy: Background, Current Position and Prospects, London, UK: Young Foundation, November 2008.
paper-mulgan-salem.pdf (580KB)

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Dustin Mulvaney et al, Toward a Just and Sustainable Solar Energy Industry, San Jose, CA: Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, January 14, 2009.
paper-mulvaney-et-al.pdf (1,8MB)

Raquel Pinderhughes and David Schecter: Green Collar Jobs: Pathways Out of Poverty for Bay Area Residents with Barriers to Employment, San Francisco, CA: REDF, February 2008.
paper-pinderhughes-schecter.pdf (150KB)
Paper reprinted courtesy of REDF:
www.redf.org

Robert Pollin, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, James Heintz, and Helen Scharber, Green Recovery: A Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy, Amherst, MA and Washington, DC: The Department of Economics and Political Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Center for American Progress, September 2008.
paper-pollin-et-al.pdf (5.3MB)

Robert Pollin and Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-by-State Picture of Occupations That Gain by Green Investments, Amherst, MA: Political Economy Research Institute, June 2008.
paper-pollins-wicks-lim.pdf (330KB)

Shanna Ratner, Formulating a Sustainable Economic Development Process for Rural America, St. Albans, VT: Yellow Wood Associates, February 2009.
paper-ratner.pdf (1.6MB)

Joel Rogers, Seizing the Opportunity (for Climate, Jobs, and Equity) in Building Energy Efficiency, Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, Madison, November 2007.
paper-rogers.pdf (185KB)

David Roland-Holst, Energy Efficiency, Innovation, and Job Creation in California, Berkeley, CA: Center for Energy, Resources, and Economic Sustainability, October 2008.
paper-roland-holst.pdf (1.5MB)

Stuart Rosenfeld, Project Director, with Jana Shannon, Zakia Barnes, and Sarah
Waterman, Jenna Bryant, and Robert Donnan, Generating Local Wealth, Opportunity and Sustainability Through Rural Clusters, Carrboro, NC: Regional Transportation Strategies, Inc., March 2009,
paper-rosenfeld-et-al.pdf (560KB)

Susan A. Shaheen and Adam P. Cohen, Worldwide Carsharing Growth: An International Comparison, Berkeley, CA: University of California, November 2006.
paper-shaheen-cohen.pdf (930KB)

George Sterzinger and Matt Svrcek, Wind Turbine Development: Location of Manufacturing Activity, Technical Report, Washington, DC: Renewable Energy Policy Project, September 2004.
paper-sterzinger-svrcek.pdf (1.6KMB)

Sustainable Food Laboratory, Value Chain Best Practices: Building Knowledge for Value Chains that Contribute to the Health of Source Communities, White River Junction, VT: Sustainable Food Laboratory, July 2008.
paper-sfl.pdf (810KB)

John M. Urbanchuk, Contribution of the Ethanol Industry to the Economy of the United States, prepared for the Renewable Fuels Association, Wayne, PA: LECG, February 19, 2007.
paper-urbanchuk.pdf (190KB)

Stockton Williams, Bringing Home the Benefits of Energy Efficiency to Low-Income Households, Columbia, MD: Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. 2008.
paper-s-williams08.pdf (5MB)

REPORTS

Mark Baker, Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Natural Resources Restoration System in Humboldt County, California, Taylorsville, CA: Forest Community Research, March 2004.
report-baker.pdf (1.7MB)

Roger Bezdek, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st Century, Boulder, CO: American Solar Energy Society, 2007.
report-bezdek.pdf (1.2MB)

Lori Bird and Blair Swezey, Green Power Marketing in the United States: A Status Report (Eighth Edition), Technical Report, NREL/TP-620-38994, Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, October 2005.
report-bird-swezey.pdf (2.4MB)

Jack Dafoe, Empowering Gotham: State Action to Build New York City's New Energy Economy, New York City Apollo Alliance, convened by Urban Agenda, New York, NY: Urban Agenda, December 2006.
report-dafoe06.pdf (690KB)

Jack Dafoe, Growing Green Collar Jobs: Energy Efficiency, report for the New York City Apollo Alliance, New York, NY: Urban Agenda, 2007.
report-dafoe07.pdf (14.4MB)

Justin Dahlheimer, Balancing Budgets by Raising Depletion Taxes, Minneapolis, MN: The New Rules Project, June 2008.
report-dahlheimer.pdf (1MB)

Sharon Feigon, Combating Global Warming Through Sustainable Surface Transportation Policy, Chicago, IL: Center for Neighborhood Technology, March 2003.
report-feigon-et-al.pdf (3.6MB)

Radhika Fox, Jason Walsh, and Shawn Fremstad, Bringing Home the Green Recovery: A User’s Guide to the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Oakland, CA: PolicyLink and Green for All, March 2009.
report-fox-et-al.pdf (1.5MB)

Diane Gasaway, Deborah Ross, Jennifer Grove, and Peter Moulton, Our Wind Cooperative: Energy Independence for the Northwest, final report prepared for USDA's Value-Added Development Grant Program, Olympia and Seattle, WA: Northwest Cooperative Development Center, Last Mile Electric Cooperative, Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development, and Climate Solutions, October 2005.
report-gasaway-et-al.pdf (350KB)

Global Insight, U.S. Metro Economies: Current and Potential Green Jobs in the U.S. Economy, Lexington, MA: Global Insight, 2008.
report-global-insight.pdf (790KB)

Kate Gordon and Jeremy Hays, with Jason Walsh, Bracken Hendricks, and Sarah White, Green Collar Jobs in America's Cities: Building Pathways Out of Poverty and Careers in the Clean Energy Economy, San Francisco and Oakland, CA; Washington, DC; and Madison, WI: Apollo Alliance, Green for All, Center for American Progress and Center on Wisconsin Strategy, 2008.
report-gordon-hayes-et-al.pdf (1.4MB)

Neil Kleiman and Matt Pacenza, Green Cities: How Urban Sustainability Efforts Can And Must Drive America’s Climate Change Policies, Washington, DC: Living Cities, May 2009.
report-kleiman-et-al.pdf (1.1MB)

Serena W. Lin, Understanding Climate Change: An Equitable Framework, Oakland, CA: PolicyLink, 2008.
report-lin.pdf (1.6MB)

Joel Makower and the editors of GreenBiz.com, The State of Green Business 2008, Oakland, CA: Greener World Media, January 2008.
report-makower-et-al.pdf (1.8MB)

Joel Makower and Ron Pernick, The Solar High-Impact National Energy (Shine) Project: A Call to Action for U.S. Energy Security and Independence, Washington, DC: Co-op America Foundation, 2005.
report-makower-pernick.pdf (500KB)

Eric Martinot, Renewables 2007: Global Status Report, Paris, France and Washington, DC: Renewable Energy Network for the 21st Century Secretariat and Worldwatch Institute, 2008.
report-martinot.pdf (480KB)

Rebecca L. Morley and Ellen Tohn, How Healthy are National Green Building Programs?, Columbia, MD: National Center for Healthy Housing, September 2008.
report-morley-tohn.pdf (220KB)

Ted Norhaus, Michael Shellenberger, Jeff Navin, Teryn Norris, and Aden Van Noppen, The Investment Consensus, Washington, DC: Breakthrough Institute, 2007.
report-nordhaus-et-al.pdf (430KB)

Katherine Pease & Neil F. Carlson, Green Investment Strategy Report, New York, NY: New York Community Trust, 2008.
report-pease-carlson.pdf (4.4MB)

Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, Utility Solar Assessment (USA) Study: Reaching Ten Percent Solar By 2005, Washington, DC: Co-op America Foundation, June 2008.
report-pernick-wilder.pdf (900KB)

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Pew Charitable Trusts, The Clean Energy Economy: Repowering Jobs, Businesses, and Investments Across America, Washington DC: June 2009.
report-pew.pdf (1.3MB)

Raquel Pinderhughes, Green Collar Jobs: An Analysis of the Capacity of Green Businesses to Provide High Quality Jobs for Men and Women with Barriers to Employment: A Report for the City of Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: City of Berkeley, 2007.
report-pinderhughes.pdf (1.6MB)

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Damian Pitt, Taking the Red Tape out of Green Power: How to Overcome Permitting Obstacles to Small-Scale Distributed Renewable Energy, New York, NY: Network for New Energy Choices, September 2008.
report-pitt.pdf (890KB)

Brenda Platt, David Ciplet, Kate M. Bailey and Eric Lombardi, Stop Trashing the Climate, Washington, DC: Institute for Local Self-Reliance, June 2008.
report-platt-et-al.pdf (6.4MB)

John Podesta, Todd Stern, and Kit Batten, Capturing the Energy Opportunity: Creating a Low-Carbon Economy, Washington, DC: Center for American Progress, November 2007.
report-podesta-et-al.pdf (2.9MB)

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Robert Pollin, James Heintz, and Heidi Garrett-Peltier, The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy: How the economic stimulus program and new legislation can boost U.S. economic growth and employment, Amherst, MA: Department of Economics and Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, June 2009.
report-pollin-et-al.pdf (7MB)

Tony Proscio, Affordable Housing's Green Future: Building a Movement for Durable, Healthier and More Efficient Housing: Lessons from Minnesota and Beyond, Columbia, MD: Enterprise Community Partners, 2007.
report-proscio.pdf (2.3MB)

Michael Renner, Sean Sweeney, and Jill Kubit. Green Jobs: Towards decent work in a sustainable, low carbon world. Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, September 2008.
report-renner-et-al.pdf (4.5MB)

Mark Sardella, Biomass-Fired District Energy: A Source of Economic Development and Energy Security, Santa Fe, NM: Local Energy, 2007.
report-sardella.pdf (2.3MB)

Sarah Treuhaft, Michael J. Hamm, and Charlotte Litjens, Healthy Food for All: Building Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems in Detroit and Oakland, Oakland, CA, Ann Arbor, MI and East Lansing, MI PolicyLink, Fair Food Network, and the C.S. Mott Network: August 2009.
report-treuhaft-et-al.pdf (3MB)

Jason Walsh, et al., Clean Energy Corps: Jobs, Service, and Equal Opportunity in America’s Clean Energy Economy, Clean Energy Corps Working Group, 2008.
report-walsh-et-al.pdf (1.3MB)

Sarah White and Jason Walsh, with Kate Gordon and Jeremy Hays, Greener Pathways: Jobs and Workforce Development in the Clean Energy Economy, Madison, WI: Center on Wisconsin Strategy, 2008.
report-white-walsh-et-al.pdf (12.2MB)

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Karri Winn et al, Green Technology Feasibility Study for the Torres Martinez Reservation, San Rafael, CA: Environmental Finance Center, Region 9, September 1, 2008.
report-winn-et-al.pdf (7MB)