(From GreenBiz.com) Grant competitions opened today for $500 million in Recovery Act funds
for training programs that will help retool the U.S. workforce for a
clean energy economy.
Speaking in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis
announced the availability of grants in five broad program areas that
will prepare people for jobs in energy efficiency or renewable energy
industries.
About $150 million in grants are earmarked for green job training
programs that provide “pathways out of poverty,” and a portion of some
$290 million in grants will go toward efforts to retrain workers from
the hard-hit auto industry.
"These grants are an essential first step towards not just building
America's clean energy economy, but making sure that every community
gets to enjoy the benefits of that economy," Green For All CEO Phaedra
Ellis-Lamkins said in a statement provided to GreenBiz.com.
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