Van Jones Drafted As Obama's New Green Jobs Adviser

Van Jones, author of The Green Collar Economy

White House House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) chairwoman Nancy Sutley has announced that Van Jones will help direct the Obama administration’s efforts to create new green collar jobs. And in other related news, advocates of sustainable agriculture are now ecstatic about President Obama’s decision to appoint Kathleen Merrigan as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, second in command.