Obama's 2011 budget includes green jobs funding

Mother Nature Network
by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
Tue, Feb 02 2010 at 12:52 PM EST

President Obama has set aside millions of dollars for green jobs training in his fiscal year 2011 budget.

Green jobs training programs received a significant boost in funding thanks to the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The ARRA legislation provided funds for a variety of clean energy job training programs and also funded the Green Jobs Act of 2007. Although ARRA funding is still making its way to green jobs training programs across the nation, President Obama has set aside millions of dollars from the fiscal year 2011 budget to continue the trend.

The new budget allocates $85 million for green job training programs. This is inline with Obama’s commitment to expanding our nation’s clean energy economy, which was one of the focal points of his 2010 State of the Union address. In addition to the $85 million for green jobs training, the FY2011 budget also includes hundreds of millions of dollars to continue and expand clean energy research.

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