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July 1, 2011_nWLP 6/28/11 10:10 AM Page 10 ‘Cool Schools’ bill passes Legislature Labor-backed HB 2690 is a key job creation measure SALEM — Energy efficiency up- grades in up to 43 schools will create family-wage jobs in hard-hit commu- nities like Pine Eagle, Klamath Falls and Warrenton this summer under “Cool Schools” legislation signed into law June 23 by Gov. John Kitzhaber. Labor-endorsed House Bill 2960 provides access to financing for school districts to fix leaky roofs, upgrade in- efficient lighting and heating and make other improvements through the Ore- gon Department of Energy’s Clean En- ergy Deployment Fund (CEDF). Con- struction projects will begin this summer. “Cool Schools is a triple-win for Oregon,” said Kitzhaber. “The program will bring family-wage jobs, cost sav- ings, and better learning environments to schools in communities across the state.” Kitzhaber said the average Oregon K-12 public school building is nearly 40 years old, with 14 percent of ele- mentary schools over 60 years old. Utility bills at many of the outdated fa- cilities — often a public schools’ sec- ond biggest expense — are growing 20 percent every biennium, taking dollars away from the classroom. Cool Schools puts Oregonians back to work across the state by upgrading these facilities. Kitzhaber estimates every $1 million invested in energy up- grades could create 10 to 15 jobs. ...DeFazio opposes all three trade agreements (From Page 4) ment and undecided on the other two. U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio vehe- mently opposes all three agreements. The Korea agreement will finish off the U.S. auto parts industry, he told Labor Press in a phone interview. It will also provide a tariff-free back door for Chi- nese-made products, he said, because products need only have 35 percent Korean content to get the tariff-free treatment. The Panama agreement, meanwhile, “makes the world safer for drug dealers and people who want to evade taxes,” DeFazio said. And the Colombia agreement rewards some of the worst human rights abuses in the world. “Any sane person,” DeFazio said, “would look at this hemorrhaging of PAGE 10 industrial capac- ity and the inter- national debt we’ve run up over the last 20 years and say, ‘This is not sustainable.’” U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader has said R EP . P ETER he’s leaning to- D E F AZIO ward voting for the Korea agree- ment, will definitely vote against the Colombia agreement, and is undecided on Panama. 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