twoeld you about the government giving your money to solar energy companies. and then more of your money to people who buy their subsidized products. the goal, to create green jobs. and guess what? the government is also training workers to fill them. even if those jobs don t exist, at least not yet. screw driver. the module is going to catch right here. in 2010 the u.s. department of labor gave nearly $3 million of taxpayer money to the work force connection, a nonprofit organization that in partnership with the college of central florida set out to train the unemployed for new green jobs. solar panel installation, weatherzation, landscaping, construction related skills. thomas rusty skinner is the
is this what it s like for o weekend? welcome back to morning joe. 37 past the hour. let s take a quick look at the headlines. a developing story on capitol hill where the house passed a bill to keep the government funded through mid-november. however, the republican-authored measure is expected to set up another showdown in the senate that could lead to a government shutdown. will we have the countdown clock? it s exciting. the bill which passed along party lines in a 219-203 voted increased funding for disaster relief, but cuts money for a loan program to develop energy-efficient cars, also increases cuts to a controversial alternative energy loan program that gave money to troubled solar energy companies. senate democrats who wanted more disaster aid and fewer cuts have vowed to reject the measure leaving open the possibility of a shutdown if no resolution is reached by next friday. tell me about this thing, because every time i go on
green technology also has the economy looking up. reporter: with easily more than 300 days of sunshine each year, new mexico is one of the sunniest states in the country, and there s a wave of solar energy companies coming to set up shop. one of the biggest? schott solar. ever since this german-owned company opened this massive complex on the south side of albuquerque, they have been energizing the local jobs market. amid the whir of robots in this 175,000-square-foot plant, workers are turning out solar cells and related technology as fast as they can, and their products are going out the door just as quickly. it s a growing technology and there s a demand for it. we basically sell everything that we produce. you feel good about it? i do. personally, i see a future here. reporter: it s no accident, up in the capital, santa fe, another fellow believes he can
the s&p 500 gained 32 1/5. nasdaq picked up 65 2/3. a few days ago president obama announced his energy department would award $2 billion to a pair of solar energy companies creating about 1600 new jobs. tonight, correspondent mike toben looks at another form of alternative energy you have probably not heard about before. reporter: this steel mill in northwest indiana, tapped into its own source of electricity and is generating and gobbling up megawatts with arguably no carbon footprint. what they have done at the plant produces about twice as much clean energy as all of the solar collectors that have been installed in the united states since dawn of solar energy. primary energy mounted boilers on top of the ovens at different stages of the steel-making progress. the heat boiled the water, steam from that generates electricity. the difference from coal is
the s&p 500 gained 32 1/5. nasdaq picked up 65 2/3. a few days ago president obama announced his energy department would award $2 billion to a pair of solar energy companies creating about 1600 new jobs. tonight, correspondent mike toben looks at another form of alternative energy you have probably not heard about before. reporter: this steel mill in northwest indiana, tapped into its own source of electricity and is generating and gobbling up megawatts with arguably no carbon footprint. what they have done at the plant produces about twice as much clean energy as all of the solar collectors that have been installed in the united states since dawn of solar energy. primary energy mounted boilers on top of the ovens at different stages of the steel-making progress. the heat boiled the water, steam from that generates electricity.