Van Jones Wins Aspen Institute Energy and Envrionment Award for Individual Thought Leadership

Written by Tom Schueneman
Published on March 29th, 2009
Posted in Center, Leader, Liberal, Policy, U.S., Video

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Van Jones founder of Green for All and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, has been awarded the Individual Thought Leadership Award by the Aspen Institute at the conclusion of this week’s Environment Forum: Powering the Planet: Energy for the Long Run.

Jones was recently tapped to serve in the Obama administration to serve as Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation.

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