EM:/ Vice President Visits Detroit To Make Advanced Battery Announcement

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On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Bill Kirk <bill at michiganlcv.org> wrote:

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> August 5,
> 2009
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>  *Activists Cheer as Biden Announces Clean Energy Investments in Detroit*
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> *Report: Investing in clean energy will create 54,000 Mich. jobs*
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> DETROIT – Grassroots organizations rallied today as Vice President Joe
> Biden visited downtown Detroit to announce $2 billion in advanced battery
> grants, highlighting Michigan’s potential to be a leader in the rapidly
> growing field of clean energy production.
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> “Investments in clean energy will bring thousands of new jobs to Michigan
> and help get our hard-working residents back to work,” said Mark Neisler, of
> the Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund. “From the
> production of advanced batteries for the next generation of autos to wind
> turbines and solar panels, Michigan workers have the skills and the
> expertise to make our state a leader in the production of clean energy.
> There is a revolution coming to Michigan – a revolution that will create
> jobs and give our working families a boost.”
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> Biden came to Detroit to discuss the steps the White House has taken to
> rescue the U.S. economy and the long-term investments being made to rebuild
> for the future. During the event, Biden was to announce the first round of
> $2 billion in federal battery research grants.
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> A study released in June by the Center for American Progress and the
> Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts,
> Amherst, found that investments in Michigan’s clean-energy economy will
> create 54,000 jobs and help stimulate Michigan’s economy.
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> The clean energy industry already is creating jobs in Michigan. Between
> 1998 and 2007, jobs in the clean energy economy increased even as total jobs
> in the state declined, according to The Clean Energy Economy report released
> by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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> “As we work to turn our own economy around here in the Great Lakes State,
> we need to recognize the potential that the clean energy industry holds for
> our workers,” Neisler said. “Michigan has been hit harder than any other
> state by the national recession. Clean energy investments will create
> good-paying jobs in Michigan, it’s just that simple.”
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> Groups that joined the rally included the Michigan League of Conservation
> Voters Education Fund, Environment Michigan, National Wildlife Federation
> and RePower Michigan, among others.
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