Climate Change Update: Benefits of Renewable Energy: 600 New Jobs in Ontario with Agreement to Use Locally-Made Siemens Turbines

Pattern and Samsung To Create Up To 600 New Jobs in Ontario with Agreement to Use Locally-Made Siemens Turbines - PR Newswire - sacbee.com: ""By committing to Ontario-made turbines, we are focused on bringing new jobs and revenue to the province, along with clean energy," said Mike Garland, CEO of Pattern Energy. "The creation of up to 600 new jobs is direct evidence of the successful framework established by the Green Energy Act and Green Energy Investment Agreement. Together, these initiatives have created a vibrant green energy economy in Ontario, developing wind power projects, building factories, and putting thousands of Ontarians to work throughout the province."

"Together with our partners, Samsung is proud to be making an unprecedented $7-Billion private sector investment in Ontario," said Cheol-Woo Lee, Senior Executive Vice President of Samsung C&T Corporation. "We are moving forward aggressively to fulfill our commitment to induce new green manufacturing in Ontario, to help us build the world's largest cluster of wind and solar power, putting Ontario on the global clean energy map. Because of Samsung's Agreement with the Province of Ontario, we are moving forward to create real jobs and real clean energy in Ontario, for generations to come.""

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Climate Change Update: Raising awareness of climate change is still necessary. A lot of people just don’t believe it yet

Cyclists Ride Together to Oppose Climate Change - Somerville, MA Patch: "Some 40 cyclists, many of whom were Tufts University students, made up the convoy, which was led by Maureen Barillaro, of Somerville Climate Action (SCA).

Before taking off from Union Square, Barillaro urged the group to "lead the fight against fossil fuels."

SCA has taken up the 350 Challenge, a global movement that in Somerville means asking people to act to make the city "cleaner, greener and healthier" by biking or planting a garden, for example. The number refers to the amount, in parts per million, of carbon in the atmosphere that scientists consider safe, according to 350.org.

The Moving Planet mass meeting in Boston was one of more than 2000 events in 175 countries that hoped to mobilize people to demand reduced use of fossil fuels, the website reported. "

David Watson, the executive director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike), checked bicycles into a temporary parking area on the grass. He said he set up the valet to “encourage people to ride their bikes to events and make the connection to the benefits it has to the environment, their health and their wallet.” He supported the mission of the rally, too. "Raising awareness of climate change is still necessary,” he said. “A lot of people just don’t believe it yet.”

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