Planting green moles in corporate America

Grist by Todd Woody | May. 21, 2009 (News Analysis)

On the 28th floor of a San Francisco skyscraper, a cadre of 26 young men and women called the Climate Corps is being briefed. They won’t be planting trees or serving as Al Gore’s cap-and-trade shock troops.

Rather, these are MBAs on a mission to infiltrate the Fortune 500 and help them save ... money (and the planet too) by rooting out energy inefficiency and developing strategies to cut corporate carbon budgets.

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Environment, U.S. Economy, Jobs, Climate Change
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - May 21, 2009 - 8:28 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Fabrice Florin (review), Derek Hawkins (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - May 21, 2009 - 9:38 AM PDT
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 by Derek Hawkins - May. 21, 2009

Highly complementary of the Climate Corps internship program -- to be expected from a publication like Grist -- but an interesting topic and informative read. This focuses on a specific type of green collar work, and doesn't recite the usual talking points about job creation.

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - May. 21, 2009

Interesting report about the Climate Corps, an internship program for MBAs charged to help Fortune 500 companies adopt energy efficient strategies. This short article provides factual information, but doesn't cite independent sources, mostly quoting people involved with the program. Informative report nonetheless.

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