 | I'm really worried about the economy and looking for a quick certification so I can have some sort of qualification in case it totally goes under. I found a 14 credit hour renewable energy certification at a community college. Do you think this will do any good for finding jobs?
1 answer - Asked By: Travis Mabus - 11/5/2008 |
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 | Crony Capitalism: $737 Million Green Jobs Loan Given to Nancy Pelosi's Brother-In-Law
11:00 AM, SEP 29, 2011 • BY MARK HEMINGWAY
Despite the growing Solyndra scandal, yesterday the Department of Energy approved $1 billion in new loans to green energy companies -- including a $737 million loan guarantee to a company known as SolarReserve:
SolarReserve LLC, a closely held renewable energy developer, received a $737 million U.S. Energy Department loan guarantee to build a solar-thermal project in Nevada.
The 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes project, near Tonopah, Nevada, will use the sun’s heat to create steam that drives a turbine, the agency said today in a e-mailed statement. SolarReserve is based in Santa Monica, California.
On SolarReserve's website is a list of "investment partners," including the "PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund (East) LLC." As blogger American Glob quickly discovered, PCG's number two is none other than "Ronald Pelosi, a San Francisco political insider and financial industry polymath who happens to be the brother-in-law of Nancy Pelosi, the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives."
But wait... there's more! One of SolarReserve's other investment partners is Argonaut Private Equity:
Steve Mitchell and Argonaut Private Equity might have a chance to recoup some of their losses in the Solyndra debacle now that the Department of Energy has given a $737 million dollar loan guarantee to a company backed by Argonaut that also lists Mitchell among its board of directors.
Mitchell served on the Solyndra LLC Board of Directors. He also serves as Managing Director for Argonaut Private Equity, a company that invested in Solyndra through the LLCs parent company. After Solyndra declared bankruptcy, two Democratic members of the U.S. House asked that Mitchell testify about Solyndra. Though he has not appeared before Congress, he has "been asked to provide documents to Congress" pertaining to Solyndra.
And for good measure, it's also noteworthy that Obama is about to hold a big money fundraiser at the home of Tom Carnahan in St. Louis:
Carnahan, a member of the prominent Missouri Democratic family, has been tapped by the Obama campaign as its chief Missouri fundraiser. He is chairman of the board of Wind Capital Group, a wind energy company that makes it corporate headquarters in St. Louis. He formerly was president and CEO of the company.
Last year, Wind Capital's Lost Creek Farm facility in northwest Missouri received a $107 million tax credit from the Treasury Department, among many such wind operations receiving support from from stimulus funds.
Tom Carnahan is the son of former Missouri governor Mel Carnahan and former U.S. senator Jean Carnahan. He's also the brother of current Missouri secretary of state, Robin Carnahan.
It's increasingly hard to tell the government's green jobs subsidies apart from the Democrats' friends and family rewards program.
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| Crony Capitalism: $737 Million Green Jobs Loan Given to Nancy Pelosi's Brother-In-Law
11:00 AM, SEP 29, 2011 • BY MARK HEMINGWAY
Despite the growing Solyndra scandal, yesterday the Department of Energy approved $1 billion in new loans to green energy companies -- including a $737 million loan guarantee to a company known as SolarReserve:
SolarReserve LLC, a closely held renewable energy developer, received a $737 million U.S. Energy Department loan guarantee to build a solar-thermal project in Nevada.
The 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes project, near Tonopah, Nevada, will use the sun’s heat to create steam that drives a turbine, the agency said today in a e-mailed statement. SolarReserve is based in Santa Monica, California.
On SolarReserve's website is a list of "investment partners," including the "PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund (East) LLC." As blogger American Glob quickly discovered, PCG's number two is none other than "Ronald Pelosi, a San Francisco political insider and financial industry polymath who happens to be the brother-in-law of Nancy Pelosi, the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives."
But wait... there's more! One of SolarReserve's other investment partners is Argonaut Private Equity:
Steve Mitchell and Argonaut Private Equity might have a chance to recoup some of their losses in the Solyndra debacle now that the Department of Energy has given a $737 million dollar loan guarantee to a company backed by Argonaut that also lists Mitchell among its board of directors.
Mitchell served on the Solyndra LLC Board of Directors. He also serves as Managing Director for Argonaut Private Equity, a company that invested in Solyndra through the LLCs parent company. After Solyndra declared bankruptcy, two Democratic members of the U.S. House asked that Mitchell testify about Solyndra. Though he has not appeared before Congress, he has "been asked to provide documents to Congress" pertaining to Solyndra.
And for good measure, it's also noteworthy that Obama is about to hold a big money fundraiser at the home of Tom Carnahan in St. Louis:
Carnahan, a member of the prominent Missouri Democratic family, has been tapped by the Obama campaign as its chief Missouri fundraiser. He is chairman of the board of Wind Capital Group, a wind energy company that makes it corporate headquarters in St. Louis. He formerly was president and CEO of the company.
Last year, Wind Capital's Lost Creek Farm facility in northwest Missouri received a $107 million tax credit from the Treasury Department, among many such wind operations receiving support from from stimulus funds.
Tom Carnahan is the son of former Missouri governor Mel Carnahan and former U.S. senator Jean Carnahan. He's also the brother of current Missouri secretary of state, Robin Carnahan.
It's increasingly hard to tell the government's green jobs subsidies apart from the Democrats' friends and family rewards program.
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 | Whopper, Indeed: Republicans More Responsible for Green Outsourcing
As part of our “Whoppers of the 2010 Election Cycle” article, we noted how Republicans ran misleading ads accusing their Democratic opponents of creating jobs in China by supporting the stimulus package. Not only did these ads completely twist the facts, but it was disingenuous for Republicans candidates to accuse Democrats of sending jobs to China when GOP members opposed the “Buy American” provisions that would have prevented this offshoring. Here, we discuss how the GOP’s sustained opposition to meaningful climate and energy legislation played a larger role in sending green jobs overseas than a vote for the stimulus.
The ads in question twisted facts from an investigative report that had discovered some stimulus reimbursement funds for renewable energy projects, like wind farms, had gone to foreign-owned companies domestically and abroad, largely because there are few wind turbine manufacturers in America. The latest figures suggest only 0.00037?f the total $700 billion stimulus package, $2.6 million, may have made its way to China; however, the ads claimed that "China gets $2 billion to build windmills," or that the package "sent nearly $2 billion overseas to create jobs in China.”
Even though the numbers cited were incorrect (the majority of foreign-owned wind developers were European), America’s weak clean energy market makes it inevitable that development funds will make their way to foreign-owned businesses -- wind turbine purchases are half of the initial wind farm development costs, and the U.S. has only two homegrown wind turbine manufacturers, General Electric and Clipper Wind. What’s more, both manufacturers still import many parts from overseas factories, and their market share has been consistently slipping, thanks to increasingly vibrant wind industries in Europe and Asia.
Republican Policies are Responsible for the Dearth of Green Manufacturing Jobs
http://www.prwatch.org/node/9616
There is nothing that Republicans can say or do that will remove this massive stain from their shirts.
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| Second Romney-Backed Solar Company Files For Bankruptcy
By Igor Volsky on Jun 2, 2012 at 4:15 pm
On Thursday, Mitt Romney campaigned at the headquarters of Solyndra — the first renewable energy company to receive a federal loan under the stimulus — and reiterated his debunked claims that its bankruptcy symbolized the corruption and cronyism of the Obama administration. But just one day later, a solar panel developer “that landed a state loan from Mitt Romney when he was Massachusetts governor” went belly up, the Boston Herald reports, creating an inconvenient storyline for the GOP presidential nominee.
The company, Konarka Technologies, “filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and will cease operations, lay off its 85 workers and liquidate”:
“Konarka has been unable to obtain additional financing, and given its current financial condition, it is unable to continue operations,” CEO Howard Berke said in a statement. “This is a tragedy for Konarka’s shareholders and employees and for the development of alternative energy in the United States.”
The demise of Konarka could become a hot topic on the campaign trail because Romney personally doled out a $1.5 million renewable energy subsidy to the Lowell startup in 2003, shortly after taking office on Beacon Hill.
Konarka is the second Massachusetts solar company, along with Evergreen Solar and Beacon Power, to receive taxpayer dollars under Romney’s tenure and subsequently declare bankruptcy.
Romney, meanwhile, routinely dismisses the nation’s 3.1 million clean energy jobs, even as clean energy is booming in Massachusetts. The industry has created 64,000 jobs across the energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors.
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 | My fiance cannot find a job. He has been looking for over a year and has applied for hundreds of jobs and he still can't find one full time job. He has applied for jobs every possible way- tons of recruiters, job websites, linked in, twitter, facebook, in person etc. I was hoping that an IT professional could look at his CV and give us some feedback. At this point we aren't sure if he should continue job hunting, or if he needs more skills. He is looking for any entry level IT position.
Below is a copy of his CV. Any input on what he can do to get a job would be greatly appreciated. We are just tired of him doing the same thing over and over again and not getting any results.
Thank you!
Work Experience
Feb 2010 - Apr 2010Accolade – IT/ Delivery Driver
•Responsible for transit van delivery service around the Glasgow area.
•Created and maintained http://tax-back.me.uk, also carried out PC repairs.
Dec 2008 – PresentFreelance Web Developer
•Responsible for developing customer websites.
•Work includes using development languages/tools such as XHTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL.
•Websites I have developed include www.curtis-computing.com, www.crossangroundworks.com & www.theshannaproject.com.
Oct 2007 – PresentFreelance Computer Technician
•Responsible for customer computer support and maintenance.
•Work includes computer hardware, software and network installation, configuration and repair.
Oct 2001 – Sep 2007General Store Worker, Morrisons Supermarkets, Stranraer
•Customer service, stock handling, stock ordering and store maintenance.
Education
Aug 2007 – June 2009 BSc (Hons): Computing & Networks (Grade 2:1)
Abertay University, Dundee
•Modules included group project management, solo projects, legal issues, computer networks, software engineering, website development, database design and computer forensics.
•Honours Project: “A Study of Internal Threats to a Company’s Computer Network and Guide to Security against these Threats” – Produced a 65-page report and a website as part of the security guide (www.curtis-computing.com/sobek).
Aug 2004 – June 2006 HND Computing: Technical Support
Heathhall College, Dumfries
Aug 2003 – June 2004 NC Computing
James Watt College, Greenock
Aug 1995 – June 1999 Stranraer Academy, Stranraer
Skills
IT Skills
•Over 10 years experience in working with, building, repairing and maintaining computers.
•My college and university education included:
oNetwork Administration (MS Server 3003 & Apache)
oWindows OS and MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Project... etc).
oInternet Development (XHTML, CSS, PHP & MySQL).
•My interest in computer security and forensics has led me to studying:
oBacktrack, FTK, Helix and many security implementations.
•I have also studied Linux OS, Adobe Photoshop and VMware amongst other IT skills.
General Skills
• I have developed a reliable and flexible attendance record during employment at Morrisons supermarket by working various full & part-time shifts depending on my educational situation.
Interests
• Computers: Enjoy playing & working with computers, I use my computer for almost everything. I am also a member of a PC gaming group and enjoy the competitive & social environment.
•Science: Fascinated by scientific breakthroughs, technological advancements and environmental concerns. I intend to get an electric car and promote renewable energy use.
•Sport: I try to keep fit & enjoy many different sports including Boxing & Football.
•Other: Other interests include Comedy, History, Philosophy, Cooking & Poker.
1 answer - Asked By: beatlegirl85 - 5/16/2010 |
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 | "Without clear climate change policy, not only will manufacturing jobs be siphoned off to overseas rivals investing heavily in renewable energy sources, but U.S. companies won't have any clear direction on where best to invest their money in new capital projects to keep in line with regulations, top executives said.
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Improved energy efficiency standards for buildings and appliances; more research and development into biomass, clean coal and other technologies; and opening more U.S. acreage to oil exploration would all help create jobs, Dow's Liveris said.
At a separate conference in Pittsburgh, experts said U.S. workers are already finding jobs building wind turbines, installing solar panels and retrofitting buildings with stronger insulation to conserve energy."
http://www.reuters.com/article/ELECTU/idUSN1440647520080314
Do you agree with these CEOs that the US needs and would benefit economically from stronger regulations on climate change?
entuto - go look up a graph of total solar irradiance over the past 30 years (measured by satellite) before claiming that global warming is always caused by the Sun.
dpj5 - why are you talking about Reuters? That's like attacking Al Gore about global warming science. Try discussing the content, not engaging in ad hominem attacks.
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| "The interests of our state have been basically submerged to a special interest developer," Tubby Kennedy has said of the project.
Oh really, clean, renewable energy is now contrary to the interests of Massachusetts voters? Tubby Kennedy has no issue with turbines in general, just as long as they're out of his back yard.
Does anyone think if the Minerals Management Service issued a report saying the wind farm project did pose a major environmental problem Tubby would ignore it then?
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95V13SO0&show_article=1
Phil M, if you'd read the link you'll see it's current news. Obama wants them, the governor of Mass wants them, and they've been studied to death, no environmental problems. If you don't want coal you can't shoot down everything else too.
8 answers - Asked By: Chia pet Biden - 1/26/2009 |
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| The wind energy industry installed over 2,800 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity in the first quarter of 2009 - double what it installed in the first quarter of 2008.
http://climateprogress.org/2009/04/28/us-wind-power-industry-2800-mw-in-q/#more-6153
Meanwhile the drop in coal-fired generation was the largest absolute fuel-specific decline from December 2007 to December 2008 as it fell by 5,198 thousand MWh, or 3? Natural gas-fired generation was down by 4.4?nd was second only to coal-fired generation in its contribution to the national drop in net generation, as it was down by 2,907 thousand MWh from the December 2007 total….Net generation from wind sources was 67.2?igher than it had been in December 2007.
On top of that, as the auto industry continues to close plants, wind energy companies are building facilities and bringing jobs to Michigan.
http://climateprogress.org/2009/04/10/wind-turbine-plant-near-detroit-to-hire-250-wind-powe/
Is this increase in renewable energy production and decrease in fossil fuel use a sign of things to come in the USA?
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 | The economy until after the recession is over?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_stimulus
Less than half of the $30 billion in highway construction funds detailed by House Democrats would be released into the economy over the next four years, concludes the analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. Less than $4 billion in highway construction money would reach the economy by September 2010.
The economy has been in recession for more than a year, but many economists believe a recovery may begin by the end of 2009. That would mean that most of the infrastructure money wouldn't hit the economy until it's already on the mend.
Overall, only $26 billion out of $274 billion in infrastructure spending would be delivered into the economy by the Sept. 30 end of the budget year, just 7 percent. Just one in seven dollars of a huge $18.5 billion investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy programs would be spent within a year and a half.
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 | After much delay, I'm ready to make the jump to SE Asia and take up a more simple lifestyle in an area with abundant growth potential. Obviously, the legal market is not open to Westerners and is already saturated with abundant big-firm expats from the U.S. So law is just a skill set for me; I've been working as a solar project developer for the last few years - 30 years old. What would be the best way to get involved with a company in my areas of expertise: solar energy, renewables in general, carbon or other environmental sectors? Most of the job boards I looked at are filled with scammer placement agencies and/or ESL spots. Any suggestions.
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| I got the folowing mail is it scam or frod or is it true i can not understnad there are sending me offer later how can i know this is true form HP or not?
Attention:Mr. Udaysinh C. Vaghela,
Greetings from HEWLETT PACKARD (HP)
This is an affirmation that you have emerged Successful and being appointed for the position stated in your appointment document.
The mode of selection was based on the following;
1. CV and qualification
2. Mode in which your data is being presented on the employment data sheet.
3. Work experiences.
We employ staff based on four core values namely;
Productivity, Talent, Ambitions and Character and we expect all our newly recruited staff to exhibit these core values.
Also we ensure that all our staff especially our International employees are comfortable.
Please find attached herewith, relevant document containing the Soft Copy of your Contract Package for your perusal and approval.
Your Job Offer Summary is as follows;
CONTRACT DURATION: 5 YEARS CONTRACT TERM (RENEWABLE)
JOB DESIGNATION: SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
STARTUP DATE: 26TH AUGUST, 2010
LEAVE PERIOD: TWICE EVERY 12 MONTHS
JOB REF: RADUK/COL/543AB
JOB CODE AP/S2653
JOB LOCATION: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
NOTE: You are to report your duty to Human Resource Manager.
SOFT COPY OF YOUR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT,
THIS AGREEMENT is made today between HEWLETT PACKARD (HP) of the 1st party and you as a 2nd party.
For good consideration, HEWLETT PACKARD (HP) employs the Employee on the following terms and conditions.
ARTICLE 1: CONTRACT PERIOD
The contract period shall be for Contract duration: The contract shall last for duration of 60 consecutive months; 5 years and could be renewed based on employee's satisfactory services to the Company.
ARTICLE 2: SALARY
HEWLETT PACKARD (HP) shall pay Employee on satisfactory performance of the services the sum of (£ 7,200) Seven Thousand, Two Hundred Great Britain Pounds. Basic (Tax inclusive) MONTHLY. i.e after Tax monthly, equivalent depending on employee's home country.
The employee will be reimbursed by the employer for reasonable moving expense incurred only as a result of relocation or early termination of leases, storage charges; procurement of travel documents. Reimbursements shall be made before employees embark on journey not later than Five (5) working days after submission of employee's expense report and receipts, this after the acquisition of relevant travelling papers through the assistance of the company's legal adviser on Immigration Matters..
Employer shall also take care of employees' air ticket including that of employees' family only on employees' early notification to employer and as shall be requested by employee (ONLY TWO FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ALLOWED)
ARTICLE 3: Duties and Position.
HEWLETT PACKARD (HP) hires the Employee in the capacity of Employee's duties may be reasonably modified at HEWLETT PACKARD (HP) discretion from time to time.
ARTICLE 4: Employee to Devote Full Time to HEWLETT PACKARD (HP).
The Employee will devote full time, attention, and energies to the production of the computers, and, during this employment, will not engage in any other business activity, regardless of whether such activity is pursued for profit, gain, or other pecuniary advantage. Employee is not prohibited from making personal investments in any other businesses provided those investments do not require active involvement in the operation of said companies.
ARTICLE 5: Confidentiality of Proprietary Information.
Employee agrees, during or after the term of this employment, not to reveal confidential information from rendering any services to any entity to whom said information has been or is threatened to be disclosed, the right to secure an injunction is not exclusive, and the COMPANY may pursue any other remedies it has against the Employee for a breach or threatened breach of this condition, including the recovery of damages from the Employee.
ARTICLE 6: Disability.
In the event that the Employee cannot perform the duties because of illness or incapacity for a period of more than 1 month, the compensation otherwise due during said illness. The Employee's full compensation will be reinstated upon return to work. However, if the Employee is absent from work for any reason for a continuous period of over 2 months, the COMPANY may terminate the Employee's employment, and the Hewlett Packard obligations under this agreement will cease on that date.
ARTICLE 7: Termination of Agreement.
Without cause Hewlett Packard may terminate this agreement at any time upon 6 days' written notice to the Employee, the Employee will continue to perform his/her duties and may be paid his/her regular salary up to the date of termination. In addi
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| I'm almost at the end of my rope. I graduated from a good state school with a BA in Psychology and a decent GPA. In the course of 5 months, I've applied to and interviewed in many places, and haven't received a job offer. I now work at Starbucks to be able to eat and pay gas, I moved back in with my parents. I keep applying but the job search is very depressing. What are some suggestions to get a job? I used to want to get a job in my field- mental health and psychology- but I've widened my search into journalism, social service, marketing, and research. Still nothing. I go to my colleges career center and do interview training with them. I am on antidepressants as a result of the depression I've developed over being unemployed. They say networking is best to get a job, but I don't want to leave it up to serendipity. I apply online as well as making cold calls.
Please, any advice would be appreciated..
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| ... Which environment and human rights issue are you concerned about?
I'm not asking for arguments about whether global warming is fake or not. I've probably already hear it/ seen the documentary.
As a couple of people have asked:
I am asking this question I have a particular interest in global warming which believe to be the most pressing issue; however I’ve been finding that people tend to identify with some issues more easily then others (no real surprise there).
I am interested in finding out what concerns people who do not accept/feel threatened by man made global warming may share in common with those who do.
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