NEWS

Creating ‘green’ jobs

04/07/2009

At 6:30 p.m. on a winter weekday, the parking lot of Richmond’s Adult Career Development Center is filling up fast.  An icy wind sweeps the sidewalk, but in the crowded cafeteria, people are sweating.  Some came straight from work, others from a job hunt.  While they wait, two young women pass out stickers that read “Green Jobs Now.”

They’ve gathered at this town hall-style meeting to hear U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-3rd District) and a panel of experts discuss opportunities for clean energy and green jobs in President Barack Obama’s $789 billion stimulus package.  One by one the panel members explain why the creation of green jobs is vitally important to the economy’s recovery.