The green collar economy by van jones6/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Even though Jones apologized, the controversy gained steam Friday when conservative legislators, like Missouri Senator Kit Bond, called for an inquiry into his comments. Jones issued a statement last week, saying, quote, “I do not agree with this statement and it certainly does not reflect my views now or ever.” Jones also drew fire for calling Republicans ” BLANK-holes” during a speech in February. But for the past month Fox News has run a series of reports on Jones’s alleged association with communists and for signing a petition calling for a congressional probe into the actions of the Bush administration around the 9/11 attacks. ![]() ![]() ![]() In March, President Obama tapped Jones to be a special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Time Magazine recently named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. His book The Green Collar Economy was a national bestseller. He is the founding president of Green for All, the co-founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and the co-founder of the group Color of Change. Jones was a longtime community organizer in the Bay Area. AMY GOODMAN: The Obama administration’s special adviser for environmental jobs, Van Jones, has resigned, citing what he described as a, quote, “vicious smear campaign” against him. ![]()
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