As previously reported, the first meeting of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families ("Middle Class Task Force") took place on February 27th at the University of Pennsylvania and focused on green jobs. A variety of materials from the meeting are available:
I. Video, Remarks, and Meeting Notes
A video of the meeting (the opening through the end of the first panel) is available via C-SPAN.
Video coverage of the meeting has also been released by the White House:
Panel 1 - Green Jobs: What are They & How Can They Help the Middle Class
Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund; John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for American Progress; Van Jones, President and founder of Green for All
Panel 2 - Creating Green Opportunity: The Roles of Stakeholders
Governor Edward G. Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania; Mayor Michael Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia; Leo Gerard, the International President of the Steelworkers of America; Cecilia Estolano, The Chief Executive Officer of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles; Mark Edlen, President of Gerding-Edlen, a Green Development
The White House has also made available Vice President Biden's opening remarks and blog notes documenting the meeting's proceedings.
II. Reports and Presentations
The following are reports and presentations that were made available at the meeting:
- Green Jobs: A Pathway to a Strong Middle Class (Staff Report of Middle Class Task Force)
- Presentation from the Environmental Defense Fund
- Manufacturing Climate Solutions: Carbon-Reducing Technologies and U.S. Jobs (Gary Gereffi, Kristen Dubay, and Marcy Lowe - Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness, Duke University)
- Presentation from the United Steelworkers
- Video from Green for All
