If you’ve ever wondered what happens to your mattress after you’re done using it, Spring Back Recycling has one answer. The new company started recycling the old foam and spring amalgamations. Spring Back Recycling, which was founded last year, charges patrons $10 per mattress to recycle the old sleep-aids. More than just an environmentally friendly [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Green Jobs’
Up and Coming Green Careers
March 10th, 2011 
Guest Author Brian Jenkins is an expert about a number of career fields, including those in electronics technology and construction management. He has been writing for BrainTrack.com since 2008. What are green careers? Basically, any career that contributes to preserving or enhancing environmental quality falls into this category. What types of skills are in demand for these careers? A [...]
Small Businesses and Green Jobs Aid in Economic Recovery
February 23rd, 2011 Eric Wilson When President Obama landed in Ohio yesterday, he met with small business owners in an attempt to drum up support for job growth. Among the CEOs present at the meeting was the head of a small renewable energy firm, Tremont Electric. Maker of a device that converts kinetic energy (motion) of walking into electricity, Tremont [...]
The 2010 Elections and US Energy Policy: Finding Common Ground
November 6th, 2010 Eric Wilson After the self described “shellacking” that President Obama and the Democratic party undertook, what are the implications for the United States’ energy policy? As reported on National Public Radio, the President stated that he foresees working with the Republicans to make “modest forward movement on energy policy.” Throughout the previous decade, the Republicans were the [...]
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No Comments »Weekly Presidential Address Discusses Clean Energy
October 6th, 2010 Eric Wilson This past Saturday during his weekly address (which can be seen below), President Obama stated that there is “perhaps no industry with more potential to create jobs now – and growth in the coming years – than clean energy.” In particular he cited a recently approved solar energy installation in California as an example of [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Policy, President Obama Tags: Battery, Clean Energy, Green Jobs, Hybrids, Jobs, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »Guest Post: Cash for Caulkers
July 25th, 2010 Guest Author Houston Neal is the Director of Marketing at Software Advice. Houston writes for the Software Advice construction blog. He enjoys researching and reporting on trends in technology, and has a particular interest in developments in “green” technology. “Cash for Caulkers” is nearly here. Last month the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5019 – also known [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Guest Authors, Renewable Energy Tags: Congress, Green Jobs, Houston Neal, Stimulus Bill, Tax Rebates No Comments »Obama Announces $2 Billion in Stimulus Funds for Solar
July 4th, 2010 Eric Wilson In what may amount to his boldest move to date in support of the clean energy economy as part of the economic recovery, President Obama announced that he would be “awarding nearly $2 billion in conditional commitments from the Recovery Act to two solar companies.” Abound Solar (mentioned here in a post last year) and Abengoa [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, President Obama, Renewable Energy Tags: Clean Energy, Colorado, Green Jobs, Solar Energy, Stimulus Bill No Comments »Obama Touts Clean Energy Future in Speech at CMU
June 2nd, 2010 Eric Wilson As the oil spill in the Gulf Coast region reaches into the seventh week and officially becomes the largest such disaster in the history of this country, the ire of constituents across the United States is reaching a crescendo. The argument that the spill should be used to forge a clean energy future has merit. [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Eric Wilson, President Obama, Renewable Energy Tags: Battery, Clean Energy, Green Jobs, Hybrids, Jobs, Nuclear, Stimulus Bill No Comments »
