Newstalk 870 KFLD: The Mid Columbia's Newstalk Leader » green jobs http://newstalk870.am Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Stimulus Money Was Used for "Green Job" Ads on MSNBC – But None Created! http://newstalk870.am/stimulus-money-used-for-green-job-ads-on-msnbc/ http://newstalk870.am/stimulus-money-used-for-green-job-ads-on-msnbc/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:00:24 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=88819 According to federal records, stimulus money was used to run ads touting "green" job opportunities with Job Corps on several shows aired on MSNBC.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/stimulus-money-used-for-green-job-ads-on-msnbc/feed/ 0 (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images) PNNL Predicting Layoffs in 2012 http://newstalk870.am/pacific-northwest-national-laboratory-announces-layoffs-in-2012/ http://newstalk870.am/pacific-northwest-national-laboratory-announces-layoffs-in-2012/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:29:10 +0000 Andrew Kirk http://newstalk870.am/?p=35956 Despite its record year in 2011, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announced a predicted downturn of activity in 2012 that will require both voluntary and involuntary layoffs.

The announcement was made by Roger Snyder, manager of the U

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/pacific-northwest-national-laboratory-announces-layoffs-in-2012/feed/ 0 PNNL Another Solar Energy Plant Lays off Workers http://newstalk870.am/another-solar-energy-plant-lays-off-workers/ http://newstalk870.am/another-solar-energy-plant-lays-off-workers/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:00:29 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=35839 In a theme that has become eerily similar in 2011 and now 2012, yet another solar panel-energy company has laid off a significant chunk of it's workforce.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/another-solar-energy-plant-lays-off-workers/feed/ 0 (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) Seattle "Green Jobs" Program Tanks http://newstalk870.am/seattle-green-jobs-program-tanks/ http://newstalk870.am/seattle-green-jobs-program-tanks/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:32:58 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=5141 It would be an accountant's nightmare in the private sector...but for government in Seattle, 20 million in Federal Funds equals 14 new jobs...

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