Policy Matters & Apollo Alliance Promoting a clean energy future

 

Policy Matters Ohio is the Ohio partner for the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of environmentalists, businesses, unions and community groups pushing a clean energy revolution in America. Apollo reforms will reduce dependence on foreign oil; cut carbon emissions; help America lead in clean energy innovation and development; and create a new generation of well-paid, green-collar jobs for people across America.

Ohio’s world-class manufacturing infrastructure and workforce are poised to make this state a leader in providing parts for renewable energy equipment, training workers for green-collar jobs, promoting conservation and innovation, and using renewable energy. What have we done to promote this vision?

 Economic Growth Opportunities in Tackling Global Warming: Audio MP3 Recording of telebriefing

 In October 2007, we co-hosted the first-of-its-kind Midwest Conference on Labor in the New Energy Economy featuring local and national leaders. Read and hear some of the highlights here.

 Read our latest Ohio Apollo report Investing to Re-Energize Ohio, which describes why Ohio’s advanced energy fund should be strengthened and made stronger.

 We’ve studied how use of renewable energy nationwide could stimulate investment and job growth in Ohio. Read previous testimony and reports from Policy Matters’ Ohio Apollo Project.

 Our releases have generated media attention for the green economy. Read some of the news coverage here.
 

Policy Matters studies show that Ohio should implement a renewable energy standard, creating a market for sustainable energy that Ohio could play a key role in producing. Existing public buildings must be retrofitted and new public buildings constructed in a high-performance way, ensuring lower energy costs and high-skill construction jobs. Key transportation investments could reduce sprawl and increase the livability of our cities, while cutting energy costs. To promote these ideas, we’ve partnered with the Ohio-Blue Green Alliance and the Ohio Wind Working Group. Find some of our other partners here.

The George Gund Foundation provides generous support to this project.

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Green-energy Backers Endorse Blue Candidates

Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 03, 06

 

Fuel Cell Manufacturer Moves to Ohio; Legislature Considers Renewable Energy Options

Gongwer News Service, November 07, 05

 

Industrial Boon Seen in Alternative Sources

Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 06, 05

Sidebars:

Are the Jobs Worth the Cost?

Job Power: Wind

 

Renewable Energy Investment Offers Boon for Ohio Economy, Report Says

Gongwer News Service, October 24, 05

 

Renewable Energy

WCPN, October 7, 05

Listen to this report in WCPN's story archives

 

A Tough Job

Cleveland Plain Dealer, op-ed authored by Hanauer, September 05, 05

 

How Ohio Can Cut Energy Costs and Create Jobs

Akron Beacon Journal, op-ed authored by Rothstein, April 14, 05

 

 

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