Apollo Alliance proposes New Apollo program for green energy, jobs, technology

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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