Posts Tagged ‘Green for All’

Water Works: Rebuilding Infrastructure, Creating Jobs, Greening the Environment

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

GREEN FOR ALL
This report estimates the economic and job creation impact of a major investment in water infrastructure in the United States. This number—$188.4 billion—is based on the level of investment necessary, as estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency, to manage stormwater and preserve water quality across the country. We find that an investment of $188.4 billion spread equally over the next five years would generate $265.6 billion in economic activity and create close to 1.9 million jobs.

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Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Clean Air, Environment, Green, Infra Views, Inland Waterways, Local, National, Policy, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Cecilia Estolano, Chief Strategist on State and Local Initiatives, Green For All

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

As Green For All’s Chief Strategist on State and Local Initiatives, Cecilia Estolano oversees the organization’s State and Local Initiatives Team and Capital Access Program. She is charged with spearheading Green For All’s effort to scale public-private partnerships to grow family-supporting green jobs in cities across the United States, and advocates for broad access and opportunity in all sectors of the clean-energy economy.

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Posted in Environment, Equity, Green, Guests on The Infra Blog, Pollution, Public Opinion, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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When I Learned that Water Isn’t Supposed to Have a Taste

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

GREEN FOR ALL
Turning on your faucet shouldn’t be a high-risk venture. Parents shouldn’t have to worry whether or not the water in their homes is safe for their children to drink. Cities and towns shouldn’t have to worry that the water lost in leaky pipes will mean ongoing shortages or usage restrictions. But these concerns are already cropping up in communities throughout the country — and they will only become more common as decades of neglect to our water infrastructure begin to catch up with us.

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Posted in Environment, Equity, Green, Infra Views, National, Policy, Pollution, Racism, Sustainability, Urban Planning, Water Treatment

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Bringing Home the Green Recovery: A User’s Guide to the 2009 Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

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“…the American people are suffering through the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression and the planet is approaching a tipping point beyond which lies climate catastrophe…”

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Posted in Economic Stimulus, Environment, Green, Infra Views, Jobs, National, Recovery, Smart Growth, Sustainability

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