CEOs Talk About Energy Jobs And Building Green Jobs

Written by ysdata on July 2, 2009 – 7:46 pm

building green jobs

President Obama, after holding a meeting with CEOs on building green jobs or

creating green employment remarks below …

President Obama and CEOs On Green Employment

Energy Innovation & Jobs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhIM6XwP9L4

Transcript of the above video on Building Green Jobs

President Obama — I just held a meeting with the CEOs of some of the most innovative energy companies of America. To talk about growth, and progress of a sector that represents a big piece of America economic future. As our economy adapts to the challenges of a new century, new ways of producing, saving, and distributing energy offer a unique opportunity to create millions of jobs (green employment) for the American people.

Obviously this is a timely discussion on a day of sobering news — the jobs figures released this afternoon shows we lose 467,000 (four hundred and sixty seven thousand) jobs last month. And while the average loses of about 4,000 (four thousand) jobs per month this quarter is less devastating than the 700,000 (seven hundred thousand) per month that we lose in the previous quarter. And while there is continuing signs that the recession is slowing, obviously this is little comfort to all those Americans who have lose their jobs.

So, we have taking some extraordinary measures to blunt the hard edges of the worst recession of our life-time. And to offer assistant to those who have born the brunt of this economic storm. But as I have said from the moment that I’d walked through the door of this White House — “It took years for us to get into this mess, and it will take us more than a few months to turn it around”.

That is why the discussion that we had today is so important. It is men and women like these who will help lead us out of this recession and into a better future. My jobs, and our job as a government are to do what ever we can to unleash the great generative powers of the American economy by encouraging their efforts. And I am absolutely positive that we can at this period of difficultly prove once again what this nation can achieve when challenged. I am confident that we are not only going to recover from this recession in the short term, but we are going to prosper in the long term.

To do that, we have to act now. To build a new foundation of lasting growth, and energy is one of the pillars of this new foundation. Essential both to the recovery and our long term prosperity. I’m pleased to say, we have achieved more in the last few months to create a new clean energy economy than we have achieved in many decades before. The recovery plans will double our country supply of renewable energy, which it is already creating new clean energy jobs (green employment). Thanks to a remarkable partnership between auto-makers, auto-workers, environmental advocates, and states we have also set into motion a new national policy to increase gas mileage and decrease carbon pollutions for all new cars and trucks sold in this country — which is going to save us 1.8 billion barrels of oil. And last Friday, the House of Rep past an extraordinary piece of legislation that would make renewable energy the profitable kind of energy in America.

It will reduce our dependency on foreign oil, it will prevent the worst consequences of climate change, and above all it holds the promise of millions of new jobs (building green jobs). Jobs by the way that can’t be outsourced.

The CEOs standing behind me know a lot about these kinds of companies. These are folks whose companies are helping to lead the transformation towards a clean energy future. Even as we face tough economic times, even as we continue to lose jobs the CEOs here told me that they are looking to hire new people — in some cases to double or even triple the size over the next few years. They are making money and they are helping their customers save money on the energy front. So, these companies are vivid examples of the kind of future we can create. But it is now up to the Senate to continue the work that was begun in the House to forge this more prosperous future.

We are going to have to set aside the posturing and the politics — and when we set aside the ideological debates then our choice is clear. It is a choice between slow decline and renewed prosperity. It is a choice between the past and the future. The American people I believe want us to make the right choice. And I am confident that the Senate will.

At every juncture in our history, we have chosen to seize big opportunities, rather than fear big challenges. We have chosen to take responsibly, we have chosen to honor the sacrifices of those that came before us, and fulfill our obligations for generations to come. That is what we are going to do this time as well.

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