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the 2007 Energy Bill did contain one surprise piece of legislation The Green Jobs Act, passed as part of the Energy Bill, commits the federal government to funding job training for 35,000 people a year to work in environmentally-friendly fields. The Act allocates $125 million yearly for green job training programs all over the USA. Of that: $25 million will be allocated to create "green pathways out of poverty," i.e. job training for low-income people in fields like solar power installation and green roofing. $80 million for "just transitions" - green job re-training, for example teaching construction workers competency in green construction techniques. $20 million for renewal energy and energy efficiency research showing that it is possible to achieve economic growth thorough protecting the environment The law is the first to link social justice with environmentalism in this way on the national level |
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