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Line 75: − − ==Climate issues== − Jones was appointed by [[Barack Obama]] to serve as the [[Obama administration]]'s "Green Czar".<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=94771 Will a 'red' help blacks go green?, White House appoints 'radical communist' who sees environment as racial issue], ''[[WorldNetDaily.com]]'', April 12, 2009.</ref> He announced his resignation at midnight, September 6, 2009 after a series of controversies over past inflammatory statements.<ref>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5itKcwMMlf6EtyLvYW9VjF2xcVK7gD9AHJII00</ref> − − ===Apollo Alliance=== − In 2004, Jones became a founding board member of the [[Apollo Alliance]] for "clean energy and green-collar jobs." [http://apolloalliance.org/blog/?tag=van-jones] [http://www.fundersnetwork.org/files/Looking_Forward_PDF_for_Viewing.pdf p.87] [[Jeff Jones]] of the [[Weather Underground]] is the New York State director of Apollo Alliance. − − ===Eco-apartheid=== − {{Cquote|I'm willing to forgo the cheap satisfaction of the radical pose for the deep satisfaction of radical ends....Our question is: Will the green wave lift all boats? That's the moral challenge to the people who are the architects of this new, ecologically sound economy. Will we have eco-equity, or will we have eco-apartheid? Right now we have eco-apartheid.}}
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:''Main article:'' [[Truther]]s
:''Main article:'' [[Truther]]s
In 2004 Jones signed a petition sponsored by the conspiratorial 9/11 Truthers.org alleging President [[George W. Bush]] and high-level government officials may have been behind 9/11.<ref>http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20041026093059633</ref><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/back-story/2009/sep/03/green-jobs-czar-signed-truther-statement-in-2004/?feat=home_blogs</ref>
In 2004 Jones signed a petition sponsored by the conspiratorial 9/11 Truthers.org alleging President [[George W. Bush]] and high-level government officials may have been behind 9/11.<ref>http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20041026093059633</ref><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/back-story/2009/sep/03/green-jobs-czar-signed-truther-statement-in-2004/?feat=home_blogs</ref>
==See also==
==See also==