White House Serious About Green Jobs
So says David Lincoln from Element Partners, the other VC who got invited to the White House Jobs Summit last week. Lincoln said he was in a breakout group on climate, energy and green jobs with professors from Harvard and Columbia, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman and the CEOs from Disney, Home Depot and Dow Chemical. President Obama spent half an hour talking with the group and asking questions, and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel also stopped by. One job-creating idea that came out of the summit is cash for caulkers, but with a twist -- Lincoln said the White House is talking about encouraging entire communities to retrofit buildings and save energy through mass discounts and tax incentives from window manufacturers, insulation companies, and other service provders and retailers.
