The Obama administration and Ohio Democrats touted the release yesterday of millions of federal stimulus dollars aimed at creating "green" jobs by retraining workers for clean-energy fields.
Of $100 million in competitive grants nationally, Ohio will share in five separate awards totaling $23.4 million, according to the Department of Labor. Two grants dedicated to Ohio total about $8.8 million. Ohio will share with multiple states the proceeds of three grants totaling about $14.6 million.
The money is designed to help steel, auto, communication and other workers develop skills to work in clean-energy manufacturing and sustainable-energy fields -- making, for example, wind turbines or solar panels. The awards were announced in a conference call yesterday by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis; Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio; Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, D-Columbus; and other Democratic lawmakers....
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