Green Jobs Gone Missing
Video: Inside a Green-Jobs Training Program
Olivia Leach |
Go inside the classroom and hear from an instructor who’s helping to train the new green workforce.
Green Jobs Gone Missing
Video: One Man’s Path to a Green Job
Olivia Leach |
James Eleby turns discarded scrap wood into new tables at a Brooklyn factory. Learn how he got a foothold in the green economy.
Green Jobs Gone Missing
Audio: The New Math on Green Jobs
Jack D'Isidoro |
It isn’t that green jobs don’t exist. It’s that instead of new jobs materializing, existing jobs got greener.
Green Jobs Gone Missing
Why a Green Jobs Program Produced So Few Jobs
Rose Itzcovitz |
Some hoped the Green Jobs/Green New York program would produce as many as 14,000, but it appears to have generated but a few hundred. People who worked with the initiative said abundant paperwork and an under-developed market were part of the problem.
Green Jobs Gone Missing
Flaws Plagued Pioneering Plan to Upgrade Homes of the Poor
Annamarya Scaccia, Brooke L. Williams and Samuel Lieberman |
New York charted a new path to energy efficiency, using “on-bill financing” so low-income homeowners could get retrofits they couldn’t afford up front. But utility companies, lenders and ratings companies all made demands and decisions that made the approach a poor fit for households of limited means.
Green Jobs Gone Missing
After Hope and Hype, Green Jobs Numbers Have Proved Elusive
Maura Ewing |
A few years ago, from New York’s City Hall to the state house to the Obama administration, everyone was excited about the prospect of creating thousands of green jobs. The result differs from the rhetoric.
Albany
Albany Debate Hemmed Hopes for a Green-Work Revolution
Jessica Bal and Patrick Donachie |
When the Green Jobs/Green New York bill was signed in 2009, there was talk of delivering both energy efficiency and economic justice. But prospects for real progress were narrowed by negotiations over the law.
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Workers Against NYC’s Growing ‘Gig Economy’
Katie Unger |
The changing relationship between employees and employers is sometimes billed as a family-friendly boost. In fact, it’s largely an affront to basic economic justice—which is why some workers are fighting back.
The Work Site
Workplace Deaths in NYC Hit Six-Year High in 2014
Jarrett Murphy |
The 78 fatalities marked a 39 percent increase over 2013 but the tally was still far below those of the worst years for worker deaths.
BLS
Are Young Adults Dropping out of the U.S. Workforce?
Jarrett Murphy |
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is out with projections about what the U.S. workforce will look like a decade from now.
