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187:". Jones describes the opportunity to create thousands of low- and medium-skill jobs that help conserve energy (for example, insulating older homes and buildings) or use alternate energy sources (solar panels). He emphasizes that these would be local jobs that could not be exported. With appropriate incentives and programs, the jobs could be created in 27: 245: 55: 148:. It outlines a plan for simultaneously solving socioeconomic inequality and environmental problems. The book has received favorable reviews from 93: 272: 346: 331: 341: 295: 326: 191:
and thereby help lift people out of poverty. According to Jones, Americans can ensure the "approaching green wave lifts
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is the first environmental book written by an African-American to make the
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The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
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to tackle the United States' ecological and economic crises.
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Van Jones
Sustainable development
sustainable business
environmental movement in the United States
environmental justice
Green New Deal
ISBN
978-0-06-165075-8
OCLC
289095894
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
Van Jones
Al Gore
Nancy Pelosi
Laurie David
Paul Hawken
Winona LaDuke
Ben Jealous
green new deal
inner cities
mass movement
"White House Adviser Pushes 'Green Collar' Jobs"
http://vanjones.net/page.php?pageid=10
"Green For All 2008 Annual Report"
the original
"Saving the Working Class with Green-Collar Jobs"
the original
"The Green Machine: Promoting the Future, Van Jones Has No Shortage of Energy"

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