New Mexico community colleges nab $2M for green job training

The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions awarded $2 million in grant funding for three community colleges to expand green training opportunities. The grant, funded through a $6 million award from the U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Department of Labor Latest from The Business Journals Kentucky jobless rate rises in SeptemberWorkplace fatalities drop in New MexicoKentucky, Indiana jobless rates rise in September Follow this company , will allow Mesalands Community College  in Tucumcari, Central New Mexico Community College  and Santa Fe Community College  Santa Fe Community College Latest from The Business Journals Colleges align programs with job market trendsSlideshow: SFCC’s ‘Photographic Truths and Other Illusions’CNM fosters entrepreneurship through post-production program Follow this company to expand or develop occupational training programs in the wind, solar biofuels, green building and energy efficiency sectors. Those colleges have been designated “centers of excellence” by Workforce Solutions. They will develop statewide green training programs for their local communities, and for other communities through a “train-the-trainer” approach that will help other New Mexico colleges set up energy-related curricula and courses, said Workforce Solutions Secretary Celina Bussey in a news release...more

I guess they didn't read the poll.