Apollo Alliance proposes New Apollo program for green energy, jobs, technology
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In California, the Apollo Alliance of business, labor and environmental leaders announced its New Apollo program to increase investment in energy efficiency in buildings, a retooling of auto technology, a national energy innovation fund to invest in promising clean technologies, a carbon emissions cap, and a worker training and scholarship program for green jobs. The Alliance specifically called for a 30 percent increase in energy efficiency by 2030, and an overall investment of $500 billion over 10 years, creating 5 million green jobs in the process. The Apollo Alliance members pointed out that public investment in R&D was down to $4 billion per year, down from $7.8 billion in 1979 using constant dollars.
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