>> let me introduce myself. i'm president and chief executive and i'm joined

by the urban leagu let's hear it for them? [applause] >> this is a very three days but we begin today with what we are callingenergy/jobs. importantly, we are herewe are mindful of we face as a nation and as a globe. those are challenges with respect to whether you refer to it as climate change or global or adjustments in wedoubt something is occurring. fe. you have ever traveled through union wonderful union station, there is an inscription above theentrance. maybe you have or maybe you've not. look inscription -- lookedin the history of humankind.

ical advance was the invfire a enabler changed the if you studied invention of fire also accelerated the groofhuman beings. the next great inventionhe invention of electricity. electricity to impactwe who have grown in the 20th and 21stenturies have been greabeneficiaries of that revolution. indeed, in this room, the the air conditioning and heating systems. microphone, the ability cameras to

capture us in real-time andals to people all over the nation and the world small devices or large devices has been enabled by electricity. it's many technologicalave enjoyed have been imagine your home without a stove. imagine your washing machine. how many of you are old remember when you put close on the line? -- clothes[laughter] >> lives have been changed by electricity. electricity has to be g and created. it has to be produced. the methodologies of producing

electricity has changed and advanced --kind. like so manyentions that we enjoy, there is plus and there are challenges to that. the challenge is to the modern world whether it be electricity or the internal combustion engine or other things that ha significantly our quality of life. as human beings. americans, as people and communities. it is in this moment in time when policymakers, business leaders, faith leaderco leaders labor leaders and people are indeedwith how to the have and use improved our quality of life, it helped

us live longer, have helped is live healthier are going to continue to be available to us century and in a fashion that does have significant detrimental impacts. that is thei'd like to break it down -- sometimes in energy, it can become scientific and esoteric. it confusing as we seek to understand this reality. we areng ourselves today but we are government, those in the private se those in the labor community, those who are transition that we insist, we demand to be at the table. we want to be at the table to discuss, participate, to be stakeholders and not only the decision making but the presidents challenge. he passed a bill which

includes an up fund and supervision's in it with regard to renewable energy hiwe have to understand like so that we can fno one is better situated than the national urban league, urban league affiliates and the urban league movement to play a constructive role in this and on thiswe are connected92 communities. we don't about black americans. wet communities of color. we don't speak about americans system. we are that. we represent that. 's our mission. that's our purpose. that's our reason for being. when we are authenticity, not with

just studies and analysis but with a voice. weird does that leave us? as to what i shared earlier today. it leads us to a desire to understand the jobs tr to realize that the new jobs th a created are jobs that require technical skills, that er than the average american job, buthistorically khmer community has been underrepresented. we hear here step forward and accelerate our industry. secondly, business opportunity -- say business opportunity. earlier are not satisfied with being consumers alone. we need to be producers involved in. we cannot close the wealth gap country

unless we can build community of size and scale. industry, there are opportunities but we need open , we need access to capital, we need our young entrepreneurs to know they are not going to be standing with their face pressed against the glass looking in. that they will be inside of the glassall of these discussions. this energy jobs coni'm excited we wantall of our partners who are here today. let's give them all another round of applause. [applause] >> thank you for being herein a moment, i will have the of introducing secretary jennifer granholm energy who works in the president's cabinernor of michigan and i will introduce her in a minute but before doing so, i have the distinct privilege and pleasure of introducing duane pickett. please don't get confused. not a brother of the

late great wilson pickett. they share the same name and i don't know duane wants to be called duane wickett pickett so, you might find your way as -- to the grammys. 1 [laughter] >> vice president of clean hydrogen marketconstellation. he is working atellation to develop their participation in clean energyetplace initiatives. his mission is to help customers and communities meet their deca combat if you will, thet take place by switching to the use of clean hyd you michigan -- university of michigan wolverines, don't get mad. duane graduated fhonors from the ohio state university. [applause] >> he is a proud buckeye but today, he is in urban league her. entlemen, duane pickett.

[applause] >> all right. i do hope up a little bit, introducing me as a a introduce the former governor of michigan. [laughter] >> we hope she didn't hear any of that. let'set back to our remarks. i appreciate your comments this morning. i welcome your challenge, the challenge of all of bringing the opportunity to the table especially for black americans.the constellation is one of the leading clea companies. we are accelerating that path. we are doing it while also creating sustainable, diverse workforce that represents the communities we serve. that's an important part of our and one of the things we are doing that we are proud of is o 1.20 $5 million investment in a program called powering change. this program in partnership with the national urbanhave people, 1600 people living wage

apprenticeip jobs. [applause] we areleague chapter in rochester, new york. we aue in springfield, illinois and all om struck by comments earlier today from mr. harris on the said many hands make light work. constellation and the urbanship. through that partnership come we are doing the training and opportunities and giving folks the skills as part of that future. i will make it my life's mission to do that. marks. today,honor of introducing someone who's been doing this work on green ener jobs and environmental justice, the honorable and remarkable united states department of energy secretary jennifer granholm. . [applause] i am so proud and honored to be par hydrogen part of the clean energy future and

doing is holding us and industry and society accountable to make sure those benefitsy all. it is important work we are doing it with intentionality at the front of it. there was some today about the impact of poll about global pollutants, industrial pollution from industries like pollutions tend to sit where they you're making something in your making pollution and you've got particulate matterit's been proven to lead to th asthma, copd, lung cancer. there was a i think mr. thompson said americans the number one reasons african-americans are missing class. was struck by that. my mom and dad have asthma. black community. too the brunt of these negative impacts. i apntnow is the time for usized

pollution. now is the time, and i was the moment. you heard about the we got to act now. hydrogen can be one of ways we tackle this problem. by hydrogen, you can clean power like nuclear power, we can bring dindustrial pollution by deke these products in the way we fly on the way we travel. at constellation, we are proud to be one of the seven companies selected by the government to produce hydrogen in sustainable way. it's part of their $1 billion inve our lasalle clean energyogen there with the right policies. we will make a lot of hydrogen there. ,000 tons a year of clean hydrogen, 1400 jobs.we can do. the hub, we've committed that 40% of those go to underrepresented communities. n applaud that. [applause] >>t we are proud to do it make it our mission. all of this conversation about

opportunity, i've been thinking about my grandfather used to tell me a story he came from back from vietnam, he was jobless and had kids needed something to do to protect his family. his mom told me, go down the street, campbell soup is hiring. he goes and before he leaves, his mom says wait, put on your dad's suit and he putong line in and of campbell's soup in camden, new jersey. line the guy looks at itks says you with the suit and tie, you want to be a foreman? just likesingle moment opportunity. lifted two generations in my family out of poverty. [applause] he would go on and get a hat house. that house did not have we had a scratchy towel that went on the clothesline. you brought me right back there when you said that. he would start a carpet cleaning company that i started atnity can lift people.

that's why this hydrogen is why this hydrogen opportunity, the collaborati they said the clean energy t up these communities that were left behind and make sureho suffered the most are first to benefit, those most are first to benefit. i agree. of the consolation appreciate the steps you've taken to make sure these benefits g to welcome mark back up before we introduce the secretary but thank you for your time. [applause] mark: him another great round of applaus delay madam secretary, graduate, your big bluemichigan, let's suffice it to that big 10 is well represented today. it's without any de pride and pleasure

that i presen the 16th, 18 secretary they didn'ttates of america jennifer granholm has a distinguished. she served as governor of the state of mic from 2003 to 2011 but before thaclerked for a civil rights legend. e damon keith, a whose great shadow impacted this urban league movement, a great federal appellate court judge from michigan and after leaving the governorshipcalifornia, berkeley, her all modern and has brought energy, political acumeadvocacy to the cabinet. the ur welcome the secretary ofm. [applause] sec. granholm: thank you soit always

makes me so when someone refers to judge keith because in your forma mentors that you go through life, but judge keith, used to claim him as my fa michigan, and he used to call me his fourth daughter and it is not just that, it being infused with the values of judge keith every day.duane, go blue, that's all i'm going to say. remarks and the promise of hubs, very excited about it.al urban league, you were founded in 1910, the second industrial revolution and the whole point was to make sure that blackmericans had the ability to be trained for these jobs, and thg in and you saw the great migrati industry, we are the cusp of this new industrial revolution which is all about clean energy and if

you can imagine this, it has been estimated that the products that will get all of these countries get to net zero by 2050 which is what the be a $23 trillion global economic opportunity and the question is, who was going to takethat? which country is going to go for it? to say that your country is going forlet me just share a few numbers on thissince president biden took -- we will get some new numbers but since he took office, 14.8 million jobs created, the largest amount of jobsnder any president of term, under any president in the history [applause] that includes 2.6 million jobs for black workers. lrthis is the longest continuous stretch of unemployment below 4%

that we haveit is the lowest black unemployment rate on record. it is the strongest ec of all major advanced economies. among black americans a pre-pandemic, the largest increase on record. ask why is this happening? it is not coincidence. it is not luck. it is the result of a focused strategi plan president biden is using a 21st century industrial strategy to bring manufacturing back to america after all these years of off shoring, to list -- lift bruised communities from their knees to bring future facingod jobs to workers in every rica. just in my column ofe energy space, since the passage of t act and the bipartisan infrastructure law, there has actories that have

announced they are comingthese products. 500 communities are benefit from millions of jobs as a result of this strategy. this is a we call it to invest inin all of america. his focus on building a clean economy for the making america the yearation r instment. all of these countries are looking to do hydrogen. but no one has got what we've got. not just $1 billion but $8 billion. there are seven hubs across the country that are going to create thousands and thousands of jobs in all of these communities. country has got that going on. are the envyet all of energy ministers from other countries and they all say like oh my god, you guys are so far ahead. we are so envious. t envious, get busy. you guys can do itthere is enough to go around.

this investor revolution we want not repeaakpast. so to your point, this whole agenda is about making sure we right past, that we really give the opportunity to communities that have historically been left behind. i knell aware mark, you are a great this. the communities that have been on the forefront of a lot of fossil investments are the ones that are suffering thei was visiting cancer alley in perishes -- thehe refineries have gone up. i met with an 82-year-old gentleman named robert taylor who took me to his family' the graveyard was

literally bounded on all sides by a refinery and louisiana, they are protected. the graveyard was downed by the refinery, you had pz travel to go see your loved ones in this gravesite. mr. taylor, because the graveyard cannot because it has been bounded they are stacking loved ones on top of eondecide when he passes, whether he will be on top of his father or hisi say this just because this dead but the living. who have been subjected to the particulate the asthma rates, the cancer rates. out writing that wrong? -- that wrong? one of the elements that has in all the funding coming out for all of these

projects is that if you are funding from the department of energy, you have plan and you have to commit to benefi community, which is what you were talking about about the large proportion of the communityt will benefit. it has to include, are you hiring locally? benefit for the air the benefit forocgóaround twe are trying to e into a system that has been structurally inequitable and it's not just the community benefits plan, but it is also the way these tax incentives have befor example, say that you-- you a community solar developer. if you locate your project in acommunity, a disadvantaged community, y credit, extra tax credits. if youprograms and pay a prevailing wage, you get extra credit.

if you use american-made solpanels, you get extra credit. these are all stackable. you can get up toas a tax credit of this investment. that is huge. 50% to 70%. that is irresistible. that is going drive equity thit's not just solar, a whole bunch of different types of you might ask, the inflation reduct act has been in place for some time what are the results? is it working? studies that were released at the beginning of this year show that there has been two times the investment in disadvantaged communities relative size compared to other regions. it is working, which gratifying. the tax creditreat. our community plan, in

addition to the hydrogen hubs, talking about louisiana we just also anaproposal from their department of natural resources called hubs for energy resilient operations or hero. $250 million they got to and 285 micro bids arlouisiana because of course louisiana has distant fortunately been harmed by hurricanes and this gives lience. as a condition of receiv ensuring that under thatprogram, it hundred 75 people will graduate apprenticeship programs by 2030 20 5% of the contracting has to usinesses from their community benefits plan and they are committed toincluding apprenticeship programs in thinsolicitations. this to me is where ipartnership with the ergot -- urban league comes in because as you said, you are so great at speaking to people and making

sure eve not just businesses but everyday citizens are aware of what coming down the pipe. super important to have voices from t community and who the community trusts to this. for example we have billions of be going up through the states to who want to get energy-efficient . if you want toes install energy-efficient stoves or heat pumps, you can get thousands of dollars of tax credits. that's all going to be coming through the at states will get lots of money to do this. citizens need to know about it and not every state is goingo as vocal as others, so partnering on telling people in addition to helping to figure out the training c the hubs, these other big developers, a huge opportunity for us to be working together on these things, so i appreciate the potential for that partnership.

one other thing i want to say about thne seeking because of all these jobs being created, we have been giving hundreds of millions of dollars tos for t technology, energy and math jobs that will be created in this energy space. super important.we are excited about t industrial assessment centers which is happening at msi community colleges to get young people to know how toommercial and industrial buildings to reduce the energy footprints them fully into this whole of dollars in that. we have this whole strategy which is very holistic from research to development to demonstrations to early-stage ployments, full on deployments to create this revolution, from the department of we are very excited about it. i feel so fortunate to be in this position right because of my boss who ise resources that we have, and moving,

this partnership, the partnerships that we've got. n the middle of this period of are in the middle of history, it is hard to tell because you may not be aware. for those who are in this energy space, you are going to look back and you will be able to tell yr that you were thererial revolution happened. nothing is awe've got to hold onto thethe fight is not over. i'm glad to be in a room full of warriors becaucontinue to battle and cannot let our foot off of thek accelerator, and in that battle, in the trenches,his because some of yat one point, where she went to africa and on their prayer. when at last i st before the

face of god, god will say to me, show me your woundsve no wounds, god will ask was there nothing worth fighting for? r the scars from fightingor communities of color and for this clean energy revolution. i'm so glad to be in the fight with you all. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemendepart let's on the other panel.

let's give secretary granholm another round of today, 80% of all solar used in the united states are made in china.i see as why can't solar panels be made inincinnati, and columbus, in milwaukee? los angeles. some of it is down to us being equipment 60% is being made abwe have to in source these opportunities, to our urban communitiesbuffalo, new york. we have to raise our voices that --

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