Waller Blog | Blue Jobs

Wall Street Journal's Environmental Capital Blog mentions a new buzz word in energy policy discussions—blue jobs—jobs associated with oil and natural gas industries. The industry is pushing to keep the oil and natural gas energy relevant in America’s discussion of energy policy to force policy makers to keep them in mind in the formulating of new policies and programs. The gas lobby wants to keep “blue jobs” in demand, jobs that total 5.8 million nationwide—in both direct and (sometimes very) indirect jobs that the gas lobby says are dependent on natural-gas related activities.

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Homeless man, 40, found dead in Chillum, just miles from the National Mall

A homeless man was found dead Friday morning in a wooded area in Chillum and paramedics believe cold weather contributed to his death.

Someone called the paramedics on a cell phone at about 8 a.m. The paramedics found the 40-year-old man in the 6300 block of Ager Road, where he had likely been dead for several hours, said Mark Brady, a Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department spokesman. The man apparently had nothing on him, like blankets or a sleeping bag, to protect him from the night's freezing temperatures.