Go green, fight unemployment

The news that we are reading today is incredibly depressing. We are seeing a financial crisis similar to that of the Great Depression: we are encountering job loss, leading to financial meltdowns which are supposedly “fixed” by giving billion-dollar companies more billions of dollars.

What we need to do is create jobs like we did to get out of the Great Depression. People who have lost their jobs can be trained for new jobs that not only employ them, but stimulate our economy and conserve our natural resources at the same time. I am talking about green jobs.

There is an entire industry that is totally untapped, and could hold the key to minimizing the crisis we are experiencing. These jobs could lead to energy independency for America, reducing our dependency on foreign oil and preventing the worst effects of global climate change. We have the resources available to stimulate our economy, reduce pollution from coal and save billions of dollars of taxpayer money. It is time that we stop wasting our money on coal and invest in a clean energy future that generations to come will appreciate.

Jessie Wray
IU senior