While coal jobs are unlikely to come back in droves with this or other actions the administration is taking, the move would make good on Trump's promise to rescind regulations that «unduly burden the development of domestic energy resources.»
Not exact matches
«This new carbon tax will make almost every single Alberta family poorer,
while accelerated plans to shut down
coal plants will lead to higher power prices and further
jobs losses.»
While it is still uncertain just how much
coal - energy prices are expected to rise, Rep. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has called Obama's initiative a «war on
coal,» which he says will cost
jobs and hurt businesses.
Eastern Kentucky lost 21.6 percent of its
coal jobs during the quarter,
while the drop in the state's western coalfield was 12.2 percent.
Hope theRump is held accountable for all the
coal jobs he created... what better way to keep folks down than send them underground to feed more soot into the air we breathe...
while telling them they are just lucky to have any
job.
Insofar as it replaces carbon - intensive
coal and oil power, natural gas is a huge gain in cutting the country's carbon footprint, all
while creating new
jobs and bringing power to isolated parts of the country.
There is no conceivable way — barring perhaps quitting your
job and becoming a recluse — that you will extinguish your backlog
while constantly throwing more
coals on that particular fire.
Imagine a man or woman being so arrogant, and selfish, that they'd take a
job driving a CO2 belching truck, or dig for
coal in a mine, or fish for salmon in the ocean, or fly a CO2 belching airliner, or flip beef patties that came from CH4 exhausting cows, or teaching a classroom of students all of whom belch CO2 and exhaust CH4 and whom will have offspring that produces even more of those evil gases, or working as a climate scientist in an office heated by CO2 belching FFs and occasionally traveling around the world by CO2 belching airliner — all the
while using computers made from FFs and powered by CO2 belching FF power plants, or working as a Senator from Tennessee who was President of the USA for a few hours and who travels all over the world in CO2 belching airliners, or one of the millions of people who mine, process, manufacture and transport every product you have ever seen in your life and all the ones you haven't seen as well.
While extracting
coal from the mountain would generate short - term money and temporary
jobs, an economic study found that a wind farm sited along the mountain's ridges could generate permanent electricity generation,
jobs, and nearly $ 2 million in tax revenue every year.
While only five
jobs were added by
coal firms since 2016, more than 100 contract employees are back in the mining business.
While this is a small number compared with the number of
jobs that have been lost due to the war on
coal, it is important to the communities located near the mine.
And
while the acceleration in the transformation of our energy system that we desperately need is a dead letter for at least four years, the idea that
coal will be an energy source for 1,000 years, as Trump has said — and that those
coal jobs are coming back — is a pipe dream.
Trump, who once called climate change a hoax, has vowed to reorient the federal government so that U.S. oil and
coal producers thrive,
while manufacturers aren't burdened by «
job - killing» restrictions — a commitment he reiterated Tuesday at the Environmental Protection Agency.
That happens, for instance, when building a waste - to - energy plant instead of a
coal station not only cuts future emissions but also brings
jobs to a community
while protecting local water and biodiversity.
The EPA spoke of the health and other benefits of reining in climate change through reduced C02 emissions,
while utility industry officials decry a «war on
coal» that will cost
jobs and raise electric rates.
While coal and electric utility industry officials and their supporters in Congress charge the president with fighting a «war on
coal» that will cost
coal states
jobs and raise electric rates, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy defended the proposed rules as affordable and reasonable.
«This new carbon tax will make almost every single Alberta family poorer,
while accelerated plans to shut down
coal plants will lead to higher power prices and further
jobs losses,» he said in a news release.
While Stilley characterized the delay in approved mining permits as «unilateral and unjustifiable regulatory actions,» Mackell echoed Rep. Capito in accusing the Obama Administration of declaring a «War on
Coal» that is largely responsible for the loss of
jobs across Appalachia.
While the Northwest invests in clean technology
jobs for wind, wave and solar energy, the
coal export terminals would reverse major commitments to reduce our region's contribution to global warming pollution.
Clinton also mentioned how investing $ 1 billion in a solar plant grows 2,000
jobs,
while investing the same amount in a
coal plant typically only creates 170.
Ironically,
while the
coal industry and
coal - state politicians have accused the Obama administration of waging a «war on
coal,»
coal mining
jobs have increased under the Obama Administration as compared to the George W. Bush administration.
While re-entering the
job market may feel more intimidating than staring down the Grinch, try some of these tips designed to fill your career stocking with interview requests instead of
coal.