Each year on April 22 more than one billion people in 192 countries participate in the world's largest civic observance: Earth Day. It is intended to promote appreciation for the earth's natural ...

Bracken Hendricks, Andrew Light, and Benjamin Goldstein explain the basics of green jobs, including what green jobs are and how they improve the economy. Our country faces two immense, interrelated ...

Your guide to what green jobs are and how the federal government can promote them. Green jobs are living-wage, career-track jobs that contribute to preserving or enhancing environmental quality. They ...

There are a little more than seven years left for the world to cut carbon emissions in half to avoid the worst impacts of climate change—and only a few decades to decarbonize the entire economy, from ...

The long-running effects of climate change are coming home to roost. Historic droughts, increasingly frequent wildfires and more violent storms have spawned an international migrant crisis and growing ...

It’s easy enough to say you want to work for an environmentally sensitive company or take advantage of the growing “green economy,” but both are hard to find, even advocates admit. What’s a ...

At the current rate, there will be twice as many jobs in the green economy by 2050 as people capable of filling them, a LinkedIn report finds. The clean energy transition is projected to create green ...

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to transform America’s energy economy by creating millions of “green jobs.” Accepting his party’s nomination at the Democratic convention ...

In 1995, Michael D’Arcy returned home to Kingston, N.Y. after serving his country as a Marine. He wanted to help his fellow veterans find jobs, and in 2011 was hired on as a regional energy coach at ...

CleanEdison, a national training provider focused on clean technology education, has partnered with Veterans Green Jobs, a national nonprofit organization that puts veterans to work in the green ...

With the rise of green collar jobs, the latest LinkedIn report indicates a crucial need for skilled workers to match the increase in green job opportunities. Despite a 22.4% rise in positions ...

In the midst of a recession, costly environmental legislation is not an easy sell. For that reason, the Obama Administration and congressional proponents of an aggressive environmental agenda have ...