Van Jones Videos

We often think of pollution as something that comes from factories and large corporations, but in fact much of the greenhouse gases causing climate change come from everyday homes. Green for All is leading the charge for sustainable jobs that support working people; this video from Green for All and GOOD magazine takes a look at companies weatherizing homes in New York and the benefits to consumers, workers, and the world.

The MI Public Service Commission says that Wolverine's proposed coal burner is not needed at all. The Coal Baron says that Rogers City and Presque Isle County need coal burned in their communities, whether they need it or not. Rogers City has the most potential to absorb the pollution of the Wolverine's proposed coal fired power plant. The air is too clean-Wolveine will use 86.2% of its PM 2.5 allowable 24hour pollution. Way to give it up Rogers City! Stop the Coal Barons! Attend the www.michigan.powershift09.org conference in Lansing MI on October 9-11 and Stop the Coal Barons dead in there track as they enlist Wolverine Power to stop Powershift09.

Author: realnews Added: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:00:40 -0800 Duration: 0Jessy Tolkan: Van Jones was seen as young environmentalists' voice in the White House

You don?t have to go broke to go green. And you don?t have to live in Walden to understand that there?s a connection between the environment, our economy, and the way we live. As climate action week gets underway we speak to two longtime environmental activists and community leaders about the future of our planet. Majora Carter, an urban redeveloper and the founder of Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx), has worked since the late 1990s to bring together the worlds of urban renewal and environmental sustainability. ?Energy consumption, public health, storm-water management, prison recidivism, school performance, social services, stagnant property values, climate change adaptation, and income & health disparities can all be tied to environmental remediation on a municipal or regional scale,? according to the Majora Carter Group. Sound like a tall order? How does one make it work? Carter joins us in studio.

The muted response to Van Jones resignation says volumes about where progressives stand in the Obama administration and whether so-called outsiders have a role to play in shaping the administration s policies. Judging by just how quickly the administration surrendered to Glenn Beck s assault Jones wasn t really worth defending. What does that say about his ideas?A recent story in AlterNet explores some of the ties between Astroturf groups and the FOX news campaign. Jane Hamsher at Firedoglake offers her take on why liberal institutions have distanced themselves from the whole affair. So what s really at stake? And what does the Van Jones story reveal about American politics?Ludovic Blain, Project Manager of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative, Rory O Connor, co-founder of Globalvision and the author of Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio , Tim Wise, the author of Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama , and Jane Hamsher, the founder of Firedoglake discuss the recent developments and what their impact might be.Then, Elmar Wigand, a German labor organizer, on European labor struggles and how the IWW has managed to organize the staff at Compass Group, a global catering company and the 20th largest employer in the world. They aren t exactly a household name but they have roots here in the United States as well.Finally, the Huffington Post Investigative Fund on the healthcare crisis in rural Virginia. A free clinic last month drew thousands of people seeking care. Even if healthcare reform is achieved this year, they say, millions will be left without insurance by the end of the decade. Another argument for single payer?Thanks to the Real News Network, Brave New Films and Bernie Sanders, and Rev. Billy for video in tonight s show.

A bit of commentary on Glenn Beck, his witch hunt of Van Jones and his on-air fantasies of murder, and an excerpt from Bill Moyers June 2008 keynote speech at the National Conference on Media Reform in Minneapolis put on by Free Press. www.freepress.net

The NAACP turns 100 and the civil rights organization is celebrating this week in New York. Looking back, looking ahead what?s changed and what hasn?t? With the financial crisis disproportionately impacting African Americans, the first black president in the White House, and the nomination hearings of Sonia Sotomayor we review the past few days and the last 100 years. Hilary Shelton, Director of the Washington, D.C. bureau of the NAACP, Sonia Ossorio, President of the National Organization for Women in NY, Derrick Johnson, President of the Mississippi NAACP, and James Rucker, Executive Director of Color of Change on the role of the NAACP and other activist organizations inside and outside the beltway.