{"id":545137,"date":"2010-04-27T18:42:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T22:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/?p=8961"},"modified":"2010-04-27T18:42:17","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T22:42:17","slug":"how-about-some-nice-green-jobs-for-the-tea-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/545137","title":{"rendered":"How About Some Nice Green Jobs for the Tea People?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8962\" href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/04\/27\/how-about-some-nice-green-jobs-for-the-tea-people\/green-jobs-might-cheer-up-the-tea-bag-party\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8962\" title=\"green jobs might cheer up the tea bag party\" src=\"http:\/\/go635254.s3.amazonaws.com\/cleantechnica\/files\/2010\/04\/green-jobs-might-cheer-up-the-tea-bag-party.jpg\" alt=\"Lighting Science Group Corporation will create hundreds of green jobs with new LED facility in Florida\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a>The company <a title=\"lighting science website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lsgc.com\" >Lighting Science Group Corporation<\/a> has just won an allocation of almost $19 million in federal stimulus bonds to expand its operations to develop and manufacture <a title=\"led on wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Light-emitting_diode\" >energy efficient LED lighting<\/a> in Florida, with the potential to create 832 new green jobs.\u00a0 The boost for clean, sustainable, job-creating technology is in stark contrast to <a title=\"AP article on news.yahoo.com\" href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/us_louisiana_oil_rig_explosion\" >last week&#8217;s Gulf Coast oil rig disaster<\/a>, which killed 11 workers and created an oil slick that is currently the size of Rhode Island, to say nothing of <a title=\"cleantechnica.com article\" href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/04\/12\/candidate-for-congress-touted-safe-coal-days-before-massey-disaster\/\" >the recent Massey coal mine disaster<\/a> that killed 29 workers.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, the massive <a title=\"cleantechnica.com article\" href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/04\/26\/150000-at-clean-energy-rally-in-dc\/\" >clean energy rally<\/a> in Washington earlier this week was as much a demonstration of support for a greener workforce as it is for action on greenhouse gas emissions.\u00a0 Producers estimate that more than 150,000 people attended, even though the event received minimal buildup compared to the giant PR\u00a0 push for <a title=\"prwatch.org website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prwatch.org\/node\/8334\" >the tea bag party rallies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3> <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/04\/27\/how-about-some-nice-green-jobs-for-the-tea-people\/#more-8961\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a 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