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kgrandia Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-11-08 09:19 AM
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Report: coal industry bleeds jobs while renewables boom
According to a new report out today by the Worldwatch Institute, a transition to renewable energy sources promises significant global job gains at a time when the coal industry has been hemorrhaging jobs for years.

In the United States alone, coal industry employment has fallen by half in the last 20 years, despite a one-third increase in production.

Seriously, when will America get it? The world is leaving it behind - there are massive opportunities to lead the way on developing renewable energy and revitalize a stagnant economy.

http://www.coal-is-dirty.com/new-report-coal-industry-firing-green-sector-hiring
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ElectricGrid Donating Member (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-11-08 11:47 AM
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1. we do get it. No get the dem congress to do something about it.
the public has gotten it for years. Even us morons in KS get it. We turned down 2 coal powered plants recently.
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