Meeting stresses benefits of 'green' industry
By Noelle McGee
Thursday June 26, 2008
Rick Danzl
Eric Torres speaks about global warming at Danville Area Community College Wednesday June 25, 2008 during a town hall meeting on green job opportunities.
DANVILLE – At first, Danville resident Robert Isaac dismissed the notion of "green" jobs, thinking they were nothing more than a fad. Then he heard that a once-idle steel mill in Gary, Ind., had called back 250 laid-off workers to manufacture steel for wind turbines.
"The opportunities are here, and they're growing. We need to be a part of it," said Isaac, a Bunge Milling employee and vice president of United Steelworkers Local 972. "Danville's had a lot of plants shut down. This is a chance to bring jobs back. ... And we can do something good for the environment."
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