American Wind Power, "Made In China" on US Stimulus Dollars? (2,000 jobs for China)

[Omaha Steve]

Shocking news: A planned $1.5 billion dollar Texas wind farm -- seeking financing with US stimulus money -- will create only 30 permanent jobs here, but 2000 jobs in China. With unemployment in America just having surpassed 10%, that is economic malpractice. Tell Energy Sec. Chu: don't spend stimulus dollars to ship green jobs overseas. GO»




Have you heard this stunning news? Our stimulus money is paying to send green jobs to China. With unemployment in America just having surpassed 10%, that is economic malpractice.

Click here to tell Energy Secretary Chu: Don't spend stimulus dollars to ship green jobs overseas: http://action.ourfuture.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=68

A planned $1.5 billion dollar Texas wind farm -- seeking financing with US stimulus money -- will create only 30 permanent jobs here, but 2000 jobs in China manufacturing wind turbines.1

Sen. Chuck Schumer is pressing Energy Secretary Steven Chu to take action. Yesterday he sent Dr. Chu a letter saying, "I urge you to reject any request for stimulus money unless the high‐value components, including the wind turbines, are manufactured in the United States."

It is imperative for our economy to support Schumer and call on the Energy Department to direct American stimulus money towards creating American green jobs.

Click here to tell Energy Secretary Chu: Don't send our tax dollars overseas. Stimulus funds must create American green jobs.

This is about more than one pending project. Sen. Schumer notes: "... 84 percent of the $1.05 billion in clean‐energy grants distributed by the U.S. government since September 1st have gone to foreign wind companies. ... Our U.S. wind industry ... is fully capable of providing and other high‐value components..."

China has every right to use its funds to stimulate its own green economy, and thankfully it is. But it makes no sense to use American stimulus money to create jobs overseas when we can do the job and we've lost millions of jobs in the last two years.

Click here to tell Energy Secretary Chu: American wind power should not be "Made In China." Don't offshore green jobs with our tax dollars.

We have the technology, the skills, and the labor to build a sustainable clean energy economy. But we need robust public investment and a commitment to American manufacturing.

We've spent billions bailing out Wall Street bankers. It is inconceivable that we will now spend millions to subsidize new energy jobs in China.

It's time for a strategy to invest in jobs at home, and to lead the green industrial revolution. We can have it, if we demand it.

Sincerely,



Robert L. Borosage, Co-director
Campaign for America's Future

1 "Wall Street Journal, 10/30/09, "Chinese-Made Turbines to Fill U.S. Wind Farm"
* Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hammer51012/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

[polichick]

1. Isn't this an amazing story?! China is determined to be #1 in green energy...

...while Congress diddles around with its collective head up its collective butt.

k&r

[endless october]

2. unacceptable.

put the US to work. outsourcing is a failure.

[madrchsod]

3. our plants can`t keep up with the demand

so instead of opening more plants here, we will buy chinese seconds...

all those green jobs we have been promised...what a big fucking joke.