Game On : U.S. House passes landmark climate change bill

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What a difference a year makes. The most positive sign in decades of a change in environmental policy in the US. Clear example of the dramatic effect of democratic politics on policy and a clear victory for President Obama.
Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit Green For All, which was a driving force in securing green job training funds in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, called the bill a significant step forward in creating a more equitable and secure country. The bill includes a $860 million allocation to the Green Jobs Act.
“This legislation will not only position America at the forefront of the clean-energy economy but will also create jobs and opportunities for communities that are too often at the margins - and the smokestack end - of our current economy,” Green For All CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins said in a statement.
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping climate change bill today that will significantly change the way Americans use and produce energy.


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