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US Export-Import Bank Approves Energy Financing Support

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The sagging US economy and its energy sector will soon be getting a boost, as well as some help in competing with China.

On September 30, the board of directors of the US Export-Import Bank approved $3.4 billion in financing to support US exports in a wide range of industries, including aerospace, oil and gas, locomotives and solar. The hope is that the financing will create over 20,000 news American jobs and help in efforts put the country’s economy back on its feet. For energy companies struggling to compete with a heavily subsidized Chinese energy market, the financing could be a major game changer. Keep reading →

 /  Published October 5, 2011 at 6:00 AM

White House Sets Out To Counter ‘Defeatism’ In Clean Tech

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In a blog post today, the White House publicly reaffirmed its commitment to not only develop clean energy, but to win the global race in the sector.

“It’s not enough for our country to invent clean energy technologies – we have to make them and use them too. Invented in America, made in America, and sold around the world – that’s how we’ll create good jobs and lead in the 21st century,” said Energy Secretary Steven Chu, quoted by White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer on the White House blog. Keep reading →

 /  Published October 4, 2011 at 3:30 PM

Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning says a real national energy policy can lead America out of its current economic situation

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Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning says a real national #energy policy can lead America out of its current economic situation. AmericasPower

 /  Published October 4, 2011 at 10:00 AM

Will #budget crisis, #jobs focus shake up fed #energy #regulations? Join @AOLenergy @LinkedIn conversation – http://t.co/haZuHNPQ #cleantech

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Will #budget crisis, #jobs focus shake up fed #energy regulation? Join @AOLenergy @LinkedIn conversation – http://t.co/haZuHNPQ @Aolenergy

 /  Published September 27, 2011 at 9:15 AM

Obama Addresses Jobs, Economy In LinkedIn Public Q&A

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EPA regulation of utilities will be going nowhere if Obama has his way.

At a public Q&A session with LinkedIn members, hosted by the company in California, the President was adamant that regulation of energy companies and utilities was important, including pollution control, as part of consumer safety and environmental protection. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 26, 2011 at 4:00 PM

Defending The Stimulus On Energy Job Creation

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The scale of unemployment in the US makes each individual job seem less impactful than the proverbial drop in the bucket, but each individual story of a job gained still carries emotional weight well beyond the economic gains.

At least that’s the hope in this unusually personal and emotional video from the US Energy Department, posted two weeks ago on its Youtube channel as new job numbers showed a renewed slowing in an economy where growth failed to meaningfully pick up after the 2008 financial crisis despite unprecedented amounts of government stimulus. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 26, 2011 at 6:00 AM

Really, anyone who likes science or math, we’ve probably got a job for you.

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Really, anyone who likes science or math, we have probably got a job for you. Learn more: http://t.co/q18Kmusd #SmartGrid @ENERGY

 /  Published September 21, 2011 at 1:30 PM

The Simple Complexity Of Energy Infrastructure

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Growing consensus that infrastructure investment might be a solution for a host of US problems, most centrally widespread unemployment, is raising the profile of firms that specialize in the sector.

Black & Veatch is a big player in infrastructure, ranging across consulting, design and building for projects that include energy plays like electricity and oil and gas, smart grid projects, water and public sector work. The firm is at the center of the latest hot area in the economy, working with giants like Siemens and GE to serve the country’s highest-profile companies and municipalities. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 12, 2011 at 12:45 PM

Lisa Jackson Responds To Jobs Act

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On Greenversations, the EPA’s official blog, Administrator Lisa P. Jackson publicly responded to Obama’s September 8 jobs speech. In her post, Jackson calls Obama’s proposed American Jobs Act, a “collection of common sense, bipartisan ideas” that will help create jobs and pull small business and families out of “the greatest economic downturn in generations.”

“President Obama has also proposed extending help to the long-term unemployed who have borne the brunt of our nation’s economic challenges. Not only will the American Jobs Act provide the support for people looking for work, but it will also make changes that better connect job-seekers with job openings,” she writes. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 9, 2011 at 1:30 PM

Obama In $450 Billion Push For Growth

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Barack Obama sought to resuscitate his flagging presidency and the US economy with a larger-than-expected $450bn jobs plan that emphasises tax cuts in a bid to win over Republican opposition.

In a sign of the White House’s own bleak assessment of the recovery, the proposal, which was presented in an address by the US president to Congress, is more than half the size of the stimulus package enacted by Mr Obama shortly after he took office in the depths of the financial crisis of 2009.

“It will provide a jolt to an economy that has stalled, and give companies confidence that if they invest and hire, there will be customers for their products and services,” Mr Obama said. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 9, 2011 at 10:00 AM
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