Green Jobs in Jeopardy
An innovative project profiled in OnEarth’s spring issue is putting people to work, cutting pollution, and saving homeowners money. But it’s threatened by the nation’s largest home mortgage agency. Now states and towns are fighting back for green jobs and clean energy.
October 6, 2010:
The Natural Resources Defense Council sued the federal government today in an effort to restore funding for "cash for caulkers" programs that offer low-interest financing to homeowners undertaking energy retrofits and other... read more >
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October 6, 2010:
Some towns in Maine may go ahead with a program that provides federal money to residents who want to make their homes more energy efficient, despite the objections of federal mortgage backers.According to a report by Susan... read more >
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August 31, 2010:
The federal government's mortgage regulator has re-affirmed its opposition to a federally funded program designed to help homeowners lower their energy costs.In an August 26 letter addressed to Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)... read more >
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August 27, 2010:
The popular government loan program for home energy retrofits is still at a standstill. But millions in funding from the Energy Department will keep other home energy-efficiency projects in motion nationwide. "Property... read more >
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July 23, 2010:
On Thursday four senators introduced legislation that would re-vivify the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, which helps homeowners finance the high up-front costs of clean energy improvements and retrofits. ... read more >
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July 21, 2010:
Image: Weatherizing homes creates jobs, cuts energy bills, and reduces greenhouse gas pollution. Credit: © Rick Reinhard/Bread for the World/CCA-NA2.0 Et tu, Barack? 60 House of Representatives members have demanded that... read more >
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July 15, 2010:
One week ago, the nation's largest mortgage guarantors put an effective, popular, and Obama administration-backed home energy efficiency program into a coma. Yesterday, California's attorney general sued them to revive it... read more >
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