July 30, 2010
Jobs and the Renewable Energy Standard
The American Wind Energy Association campaigned hard this week for a Renewable Energy Standard after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid removed the requirement from proposed climate legislation. One of the key arguments put forward by AWEA and RES supporters in Congress was that it would create much-needed jobs in the wind industry.
“We have 60 votes for an RES amendment and will continue to push for its consideration in this bill,” said AWEA President Denise Bode. “Democrats, Republicans, environmental groups, labor unions, and companies across the country all strongly support the RES because it is essential for creating hundreds of thousands of American jobs.”
Twenty-eight senators wrote to Reid in favor of the RES, promoting “the mandate’s job-creating possibilities,” according to the Miami Herald.
“A strong RES will give certainty to clean energy companies that are looking to invest billions of dollars in the U.S. to manufacture wind turbines,” the senators wrote. Read more…
