Green Jobs for America: good jobs and protecting the environment go together

Brief Description:
This is part of a strategic alliance between a labor union and environmental advocates. This could be an important piece of a future broader progressive coalition.

From their website: "The United Steelworkers (USW), the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Blue Green Alliance, a partnership of the USW and Sierra Club, today launched the national Green Jobs for America campaign. The campaign will focus on the ability of a serious commitment to clean, renewable energy to make the U.S. more energy independent, help end our dependence on fossil fuels and create hundreds of thousands of green jobs nationwide."