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Calif. Program Trains 'Green Collar' Workers

Pioneering initiative's grads tackle both pollution and poverty

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 23, 2009 12:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – The first waves of graduates from California's pioneering "green collar" training program are ready to put their new skills to work reducing the state's carbon footprint, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The trainees, including ex-cons and low-income residents, have finished an extensive course in...   Read full story »

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