Posts Tagged ‘economy’

Green manufacturing jobs

September 8th, 2011
By: Kate Bachman

With 9 percent unemployment, President Obama's jobs plan, and another election year gearing up, one four-letter word has been tossed around a LOT...jobs.

An organization I like to call the Multinational Alliance for Offshoring and Exploitation claimed the green jobs initiative is a boondoggle, citing the recent bankruptcy filing of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra that had received a multimillion dollar loan guarantee from the Department of Energy. This same organization is also railing against living wages, Disneyworld, the Forest Stewardship Council, and “environmentalists, unions and corporations that are waging a secret pulp and paper trade war against the developing world.” (more...)

Solar-panel maker Solyndra suspends operations, plans to file for bankruptcy

August 31st, 2011
By: Kate Bachman

Editor's Note: This guest blog was penned by Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO, Green For All:

The beauty - and danger - of capitalism is that it's survival of the fittest. Some companies, a few of them, survive and thrive. Many - most - don't. Unfortunately, Solyndra didn't.

It's unfortunate primarily because, in a difficult economy, the loss of 1,100 jobs is a tragedy, with deep impacts on hundreds of families. But it's also unfortunate because Solyndra was helping to lead the charge toward the inevitable green economy. (more...)