Summary
Our state and country were on the verge of losing our manufacturing base and with it, the middle class. The Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 can reverse this trend. This bill includes a renewable energy standard that will not only create new, good- paying green jobs but also keep the good-paying manufacturing jobs we now have to supply parts for clean energy technology.
This bill has provisions that will prevent the leakage of our jobs to countries with weaker environmental standards. It also allows for a transition phase so jobs with high energy use such as those in the paper industry will have time to develop strategies to stay in business for centuries to come.See the full content of this document
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Saving Manufacturing
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