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U.S. Employment UP. Adds 243,000 Jobs in January.
U.S. economic employment started the new year strong. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today (February 3) that employers added 243,000jobs in January with the unemployment rate dropping to 8.3% from 8.5% in December . That’s nearly 100,000 more jobs than economists projected. Additionally, employment for November and December was revised upward by 60,000. The BLS reports that “job [...]
Solar Decathlon 2013 – West Coast Site
The Department of Energy announced that for the first time since the inaugural Solar Decathlon in 2002, the next Solar Decathlon will be held outside of the Washington D.C. Mall. The U.S. Department of Energy announced that Solar Decathlon 2013 will be held in Orange County California next year. The new site is the Orange County Great Park in [...]
A FIERCE GREEN FIRE Premiers at Sundance
The ambitious documentary - A Fierce Green Fire – premiers Monday, January 23, at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City. Additional screenings during the week are scheduled in Park City, Salt Lake City and Robert Redford’s Sundance Resort. The film chronicles the modern environmental movement from its 1960′s genesis to modern day’s climate change. Filmmaker Mark [...]
Employers Add 200,000 Jobs in December
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday (January 6) that employers added 200,000 jobs in December with the unemployment rate dropping to 8.5%. That’s 50,000 more jobs than economists expected. The unemployment rate averaged 8.9 percent last year, down from 9.6 percent the previous year. November’s unemployment rate had dropped to 8.6 % from a 2011 high of 9.2%. Job gains [...]