Feingold announces funds for energy job training in northeast Wisconsin

From a media release issued by Sen. Russ Feingold:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced today that Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland, WI received a grant for nearly $1 million to support the New Energy Project aimed at training the next generation of workers for Wisconsin’s energy industry. On March 24, 2008, Feingold sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao supporting the grant application of Lakeshore Technical College.

“This grant recognizes that Lakeshore Technical College’s New Energy Project is uniquely positioned to help meet Wisconsin’s job growth and energy needs,” Feingold said. “It demonstrates that Wisconsin can be a leader in the development of a skilled workforce to meet the growing demand for workers in the high-growth energy industry.”

Lakeshore Technical College was one of only 11 awardees chosen from 172 applications to the High Growth Job Training Initiative of the U.S. Department of Labor. Feingold has been an avid supporter of programs to grow jobs in the energy sector, including the Green Collar Jobs Initiative that seeks to provide training and create jobs with the goal of producing energy efficient buildings, solar panels, wind turbines, advanced technology vehicles and renewable biofuels and energy.