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Aiken Tech president honored for nuclear workforce development

...College and the Nuclear Workforce Initiative, and to be in the company of others who recognize the importance of the energy sector to the Carolinas," Winsor said. "We are all aware of the great need for highly skilled workers in our region...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-04/aiken-tech-president-honored-
Former chamber building to house economic development initiative

...Copenhaver said the ARC Project will aid the region's development by giving its technology, military, medical and energy sectors a combined presence.The resolution states that the building is currently a health hazard but that it will be renovated...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-12-21/former-chamber-building-
Aiken Technical College receives $2 million grant

...The academic programs are intended to train a workforce for the growing manufacturing, nuclear and alternative energy sectors in the Augusta and Aiken metro areas.The current facilities for the academic programs were built in the early 1970s...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2012-05-30/aiken-technical-college-r
It's not about his money

...promises, as recounted by Peter Wehner of The Weekly Standard:1) He promised to create 5 million new jobs in the energy sector alone; we've actually lost that many jobs overall.2) He said a typical family's health-care premiums would...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2012-07-13/its-not-about-his-mon
Higher prices, volume lift Martin Marietta 2Q net

...construction. It said demand was strongest in the western United States, especially in Texas where it was driven by the energy sector and residential market as homebuilding picked up.The company said it expects the momentum from the first half of...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-08-02/higher-prices-volume-lift-
Platform opposes abortion, gay marriage

...construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. It criticizes the Obama administration for picking winners and losers in the energy sector and expresses support for new coal-fired plants that will be low-cost, environmentally responsible and efficient...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-08-28/platform-opposes-abortion-gay-marri
Mayor unveils business plan for collaboration project

...center will provide a permanent presence for the area's information technology, including military, medical and energy sectors in a single location.The former Metro Augusta Chamber of Commerce Building on Broad Street would house the center...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-02-20/mayor-unveils-business-p
Power struggle

...the next question is "when?"Most of us have to go to work on Monday.Gasoline isn't the only part of the energy sector where Barack Obama's vision departs from America's best interests. He once said that if he got his way, "electricity...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2012-03-18/power-struggle
Germany to close nuclear plants by 2022

...that brings for exports, developing new technologies and jobs," Merkel said.The government said the renewable energy sector already employs about 370,000 people.Germany's seven oldest reactors, already taken off the grid pending safety...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-05-30/germany-close-nuclear-plan
Economy sheds 85,000 jobs amid slow recovery

...about the sustainability of the recovery. "It's clear why such an effort is so important. Building a robust clean energy sector is how we will create the jobs of the future, jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced," Mr. Obama said in...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/09/bus_562498.shtml
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