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Made In America Jobs Tour Highlights State's Clean Energy Jobs

Posted on: Wednesday, 26 August 2009, 08:00 CDT

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Repower Michigan, a project of the Alliance for Climate Protection, today announced it will launch a statewide Made in America Jobs Tour with two events highlighting the benefits to Michigan workers and businesses of transitioning to a clean energy economy.

"Michigan workers and their families have been hit hard by the economic downturn, but we can create good jobs with good wages for today's workers right here in Michigan, right here in America, by investing in a clean energy economy," said Luke Canfora, Repower Michigan's state director.

According to the Center for American Progress, transitioning to a clean energy economy will create more than 61,000 new jobs here in Michigan, while reducing harmful carbon pollution and breaking our dependence on foreign oil.

Repower Michigan's jobs tour will include an August 27 roundtable discussion in Traverse City and a September 2 'Made in America' rally featuring leaders from the business and labor communities that are so important to Michigan's economy. Both will feature experts discussing ways that the clean energy economy is helping Michigan. On August 20th, the Alliance for Climate Protection and the Blue Green Alliance kicked off the nationwide Made in America Jobs Tour and are partnering on several events across the country through September.

Made in America Jobs Tour Roundtable WHERE: Northwestern Michigan College Olson Center, 1701 E. Front Street, Traverse City WHEN: August 27, 2009 at 7 p.m. WHO: Tom Karas, Michigan Alternative Energy Project; State Rep. Dan Scripps; Brenda Archambo, National Wildlife Federation Outreach coordinator; Jamie Scripps, assistant deputy director of the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth; and Jim Dulzo, Michigan Land Use Institute Managing Editor, moderator. Made in America Jobs Tour Rally WHERE: USW Local 1299, 11424 W. Jefferson, River Rouge, MI. WHEN: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 5:30-7:30 p.m. WHO: Mark Gaffney, President, AFL-CIO; Saundra Williams, President, Metro Detroit AFL-CIO; Michael Bolton, District Director, United Steelworkers; and Gary Jorgensen, Laborers' International Union of North America.

For more information about the Made in America Jobs Tour, visit Repower America http://www.repoweramerica.org/us/tour or the Blue Green Alliance at www.bluegreenalliance.org

SOURCE Alliance for Climate Protection

Source: PR Newswire

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