Fortune asks “Green Jobs: Hype or Reality?”
This week at Fortune’s Brainstorm: Green conference, our CEO Kevin Surace joins Van Jones, recently appointed as Special Advisor for Green Jobs of the CEQ; Phil Angelides, Chairman of Apollo Alliance; and Andy Serwer to discuss the hype or reality around ‘green jobs’. Marc Gunther sparked an interesting debate around this last week, and further conversation, this weekend about the topic, particularly in light of the EPA’s announcement of its positioning around greenhouse gases as a public health threat. Kevin comments at length on Mark’s post, but simply, this brief out-take of his commment explains what we are experiencing:
“So we are creating green jobs today by improving the technology and energy efficiency of the built environment (the largest CO2 contributor). Not by dragging people away from other jobs, but re-hiring those laid off by an old commodity industry…and retraining them to manufacture high R-value windows and glass. And this surely helps with climate change, creates great jobs, saves energy, and directly impacts CO2…potentially more than anything else anyone can do quickly.”
Should be a great conference. We look forward to sharing our thoughts and reactions later this week.
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