Bracken Hendricks
Senior Fellow
Bracken Hendricks is a Senior Fellow at American Progress and works at the interface of global warming solutions and economic development. He is a longtime leader in promoting policies that create green jobs, sustainable infrastructure, and investment in cities.
Hendricks served as an advisor to the campaign and transition team of President Barack Obama, and was an architect of clean-energy portions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. He also served in the Clinton administration as special assistant to the Office of Vice President Al Gore, with the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and with the President’s Council on Sustainable Development.
He was founding executive director of the Apollo Alliance for good jobs and energy independence and has served as an energy and economic advisor to the AFL-CIO, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell’s Energy Advisory Task Force, and numerous other federal, state, and local policymakers and elected officials.
Hendricks’ publications include the book Apollo’s Fire: Igniting America’s Clean Energy Economy, which he co-authored with U.S. Congressman Jay Inslee (D-WA).
Email: bhendricks /@\ americanprogress.org
Articles by Bracken Hendricks
- Rehab-to-Rent Can Help Hard-Hit Communities and Our Economy, January 24, 2012
- Better Buildings Initiative Drives Investment, Creates Jobs, December 19, 2011
- Renting Our Way Out of the Foreclosure Glut, September 20, 2011
- A Star Turn for Energy Efficiency Jobs, September 7, 2011
- A Green Bank Is the Right Tool for Jobs, September 2, 2011
- Spurring Job Creation in the Private Sector, August 26, 2011
- In Defense of Clean Energy, June 14, 2011
- Low-carbon Innovation, May 31, 2011
- How to Shape the Clean Energy Future of the United States, April 25, 2011
- The Most Important Energy Bill in American History, February 16, 2011
- Helping America Win the Clean Energy Race, February 7, 2011
- Rebuilding America, February 3, 2011
- Clearing the Way for a Native Opportunity in America’s “Sputnik Moment” , January 27, 2011
- CLEAN Contracts: Making Clean Local Energy Accessible Now, January 18, 2011
- ‘Tis the Season to Manufacture: Why “Made in America” is the Gift that Keeps on Giving, December 23, 2010
- Leading in the Clean Energy Deployment Challenge, December 15, 2010
- Bottom Up In Cancun , December 10, 2010
- Cutting the Cost of Clean Energy 1.0 , November 16, 2010
- Can Cell Phones Really Save the Planet?, September 30, 2010
- Efficiency Works, August 31, 2010
- Laying the Foundation for a Clean Energy Economy, July 20, 2010
- Sentando Las Bases para una Economía de Energía Limpia, July 20, 2010
- Fix the Real Problem: End America’s Energy Vulnerability, June 15, 2010
- Opening the Information Gusher on the Gulf Oil Tragedy, June 14, 2010
- Will We Bet on a Clean Energy Economy?, May 27, 2010
- Una Economía en Base a Energía Limpia y Renovable, May 19, 2010
- Revitalizing Our Economy and the Environment, May 18, 2010
- El Día de la Tierra, April 22, 2010
- Taking on the Tool Belt Recession, March 3, 2010
- HOME STAR: Putting Americans Back to Work, February 23, 2010
- HOME STAR for the Holidays, December 22, 2009
- Keeping PACE on Energy Efficiency, December 17, 2009
- Financing the Future, December 14, 2009
- Global Change for the Better, December 10, 2009
- How to Retrofit 40 Percent of American Homes, December 10, 2009
- Meeting the Jobs Challenge, December 2, 2009
- Creating Clean Energy Jobs to Drive Economic Recovery, October 16, 2009
- The Clean-Energy Investment Agenda, September 21, 2009
- End Dirty Tricks on Clean Energy Push, September 16, 2009
- Rebuilding America, August 10, 2009
- Combating the Casual Lie, April 24, 2009
- Seven Questions About Green Jobs, April 22, 2009
- Federal Policy Options to Support Early Electric Vehicle Deployment by Reducing Financial and Technological Risks, April 6, 2009
- A Green Jobs Primer , April 6, 2009
- Wired for Progress 2.0, April 1, 2009
- Retiring Old Cars, Creating New Jobs, March 23, 2009
- Ask the Expert: Building a National Clean-Energy Smart Grid, March 12, 2009
- Wired for Progress, February 23, 2009
- Green Recovery: Investing in Clean and Efficient Energy to Create Jobs and Stimulate the Economy, December 10, 2008
- A Green Prosperity Path, November 12, 2008
- Rebuilding the Economy with Green Collar Jobs, September 18, 2008
- The Green Road to Economic Recovery, September 18, 2008
- Investing in a Green Economy, June 2, 2008
- The Dream Reborn: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr., Forty Years On, April 4, 2008
- Providing Low-Cost, Reliable, Clean Energy to Maryland, February 12, 2008
- WFSU Capital Report Weekly News Feature for November 9, 2007, November 9, 2007
- Apollo's Fire, November 2, 2007
- Green Economic Development and Its Benefits for Small Business in the District of Columbia, October 22, 2007
- D.C. Invests in Green Collar Jobs, September 17, 2007
- Forecast: Storm Warnings, August 27, 2007
- The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Worker Training Program, June 13, 2007
- Coal’s Triple Play, April 25, 2007
- Get Ready, June 2, 2006
- A New Prarie Populism, April 12, 2006
- Misplaced Priorities: Cutting Services to Finance Tax Breaks, November 29, 2005
- Strengthening America's Auto Industry, September 13, 2005
