TUESDAY: EPA Chief in Atlanta to Announce National Investments in Green Jobs (GA)
(Atlanta – July 8, 2011) On Tuesday, July
12, 2011, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator
Lisa P. Jackson will travel to Atlanta to announce the 2011
national environmental workforce development and job training grant
recipients.
The Agency’s Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training Program helps provide unemployed
individuals with the necessary skills to secure full time,
sustainable jobs that help to clean up toxic chemicals in
communities, advance the country’s clean energy projects and
support environmental initiatives. These investments target
under-served and economically disadvantaged neighborhoods –
places where environmental cleanups and new jobs are most
needed.
Immediately following the press announcement
there will be a tour of the Southface SWEET Center, a green
building training facility.
WHO: Lisa P.
Jackson, Administrator, EPA
WHAT: Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grant Announcement
WHEN: July 12, 2011, from 10 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Southface Energy Institute
Tour location:
Southface SWEET Center
590 Pidemont Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30308
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