I used to be called the "Green Jack Kemp" because of my promotion of entrepreneurial and work-based solutions for poor people.
Van JonesToo often we think about the green economy as an elite market niche, one in which affluent people spend more money to consume greener and cleaner products.
Van JonesOn the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me. They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide. I have been inundated with calls - from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight.' But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.
Van Jones