On January 8, 2009 in Wichita eleven labor and environmental organizations launched the Kansas chapter of the Blue Green Alliance.
"Wichita lost 1,300 jobs last year alone," said Emil Ramirez of the United Steelworkers. "By supporting a green economy, we want to bring manufacturing jobs back to Kansas."
BGA is an uncommon partnership born of a common goal: to realize the enormous opportunities of a renewable energy economy for the state.
Kansas stands to gain more than 11,000 family-supporting manufacturing jobs in the renewable energy industry, according to a recent report from the Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP), a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research organization based in Washington, DC.
The report, which projects $1.97 billion of investment, spurred local labor unions, community and farm organizations, and environmental groups to form a Kansas chapter of the Blue Green Alliance. (See summary link below for full breakdown of the top 20 Kansas counties who would benefit.)
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