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A coalition of labor unions, environmental advocates and anti-poverty groups are collaborating to promote legislation that would help spark new renewable energy-related industries in Rhode Island.

The group, which calls itself the Green Jobs Alliance, has come together to promote a “green economy” that both improves the environment, while at the same time, creates middle-class jobs.

Leaders of the alliance, as well as a group of legislators, held a news conference at the State House yesterday to announce the group’s formation and to promote a series of bills that the legislators said would help further the alliance’s goals.

Members include George Nee, secretary-treasurer of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO; Sheila Dormody of Clean Water Action; Chris Wilhite of the Sierra Club; and Aden Van Noppen of the Rhode Island Student Climate Coalition. The news conference was held by Rep. David A. Segal, D-Providence, Rep. Raymond J. Sullivan Jr., D-Coventry, Sen. Paul E. Moura, D-East Providence, and Sen. Joshua Miller, D-Cranston.

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