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National Energy Education Act ArchivesNational Energy Education Act recommended in Mother Jones
Mother Jones ran a piece in its November/December 2008 Issue that recommended a National Energy Education Act.
Mother Jones ran a great piece by Chris Mooney in its November/December 2008 Issue, "How to Rescue the Economy and Save the Planet," that recommended a National Energy Education Act: THE GEEK SHORTAGE: According to the National Science Foundation, American universities graduated a record number of science and engineering PhDs in 2006--almost 30,000 of them. So we should have plenty of scientists to set to work on the energy challenge; yet, as a recent study from the Urban Institute explains, "each year there are more than three times as many S&E four-year college graduates as S&E job openings." What gives? Turns out a lot of those graduates are in the biological sciences--which, coincidentally, saw a massive boost in federal funding a few years ago. Continue reading "National Energy Education Act recommended in Mother Jones" » Interview on National Energy Education Act
I was interviewed by an organization called Greenwala about a National Energy Education Act that they posted to their website: University Leaders Call For Clean Energy Research & Education
In late July, the Breakthrough Institute issued a call for a National Energy Education Act to pour billions of federal dollars into new, clean energy education and research. Last Wednesday, representatives from several of the nation's top universities took up these calls in testimonies to the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
In late July, the Breakthrough Institute issued a call for a National Energy Education Act to pour billions of federal dollars into new, clean energy education and research, publishing an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle, Baltimore Sun, and releasing a two-page policy brief. Last Wednesday, representatives from several of the nation's top universities took up these calls in testimonies to the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Continue reading "University Leaders Call For Clean Energy Research & Education" » Calling for a new National Energy Education Act
We'd like to see a serious, sustained federal commitment to education, jobs training, and partnering with higher ed institutions on clean energy RD&D. We'll be reaping the benefits for decades to come.
On July 31st 2008, Teryn Norris and Jesse Jenkins of the Breakthrough Institute proposed a National Energy Education Act in the San Francisco Chronicle and Baltimore Sun (PDF). For more information, see the Breakthrough Institute's 2-page policy concept proposal. Breakthrough Generation Fellow Genevieve Bennett weighs in here: By Genevieve Bennett, Breakthrough Generation Fellow A new National Energy Education Act (NEEA) would be a comprehensive policy package directing government investment toward training a new generation of Americans in strategic energy-related fields, including engineering, technology, science, mathematics, business, and policy, and supporting their innovative work as they move through the education system and into a career. A NEEA would provide financial aid to students and funding to universities and vocational/technical schools for improving research, education and workforce training in energy-related fields. It would also expand funding for research, development, and demonstration of new clean energy technologies at universities, and support technical and vocational schools in developing and implementing programs to train a new energy workforce. Continue reading "Calling for a new National Energy Education Act " » A Smart Investment In Energy Education
The Breakthrough Institute has recently released on what a comprehensive new national energy education policy might look like. We thought we'd provide a little background on how just powerful an investment in education can be.
By Genevieve Bennett, Breakthrough Generation Fellow See our policy fact sheet "Ignorance," Thaddeus Stevens once noted, "is more costly than taxes." Wise words - and indicative of a kind of long-term thinking in which we only seem to engage in fits and starts here in the U.S. Consider that federal financing of loans for higher education and workforce training is a relatively new development. 2008 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the National Defense Education Act, a bill that authorized $6.7 billion (2008 dollars) to improve access to and quality of education in strategic defense-related fields: science, math, engineering, technology, foreign languages, and area studies. New Energy Education Proposal Featured in Two Newspapers
Breakthrough Institute's new National Energy Education Act proposal has drawn attention from coast to coast, securing two op-eds published in The San Francisco Chronicle and Baltimore Sun. Both pieces focus on how America can lead the way in forging a global clean energy economy by investing in education.
coverage by Adam Solomon Zemel, Breakthrough Generation Jesse Jenkins and Teryn Norris, co-directors of the Breakthrough Generation program at the Breakthrough Institute, published two op-eds this week in two newspapers on opposite sides of the country -- the Baltimore Sun and the San Francisco Chronicle. Both pieces focus on how America can lead the way in forging a global clean energy economy by investing in education. Continue reading "New Energy Education Proposal Featured in Two Newspapers" » |
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