Sentences with phrase «coal workers in»

Blevins said when he talks to coal workers in small Texas towns, he tells them to diversify their skillsets in case their local mine or power plant closes.

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But the real level of unemployment or underemployment is masked by the fact that the official data does not include China «s 277 million migrant workers, such as Zhang Sihu and his wife from Bianqiang in Yulin, a region rich in coal, oil and natural gas in northwestern Shaanxi province.

The temporary foreign worker program was first under fire in the fall of 2012, when it came to light that approval was granted to Chinese - owned HD Mining International to bring more than 200 people from China to work at its coal mine near Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

Last December, EnerBlu, a California - based advanced battery maker, announced plans to erect a $ 412 - million gigafactory in Pikeville — on the site of a shuttered coal mine — slated to launch in 2020 and employ up to 875 workers.

When a couple of former coal workers launched Bit Source, a software and web developer, in Pikeville in 2015, there was buzz about the region becoming «Silicon Holler.»

People in B.C. also lashed out against that provincial government's support for Chinese - owned HD Mining's plan to use temporary foreign workers at a proposed coal mine in Tumbler Ridge.

There's a solid argument that coal workers could be retained to work in solar jobs.

Environmentalists and health workers in favor of the CPP will emphasize how the plan would lead to billions of dollars in savings on hospital bills because it also would slash emissions from coal plants.

The EPA has criticized the Obama administration for never holding a hearing in West Virginia, denying coal workers a chance to comment in person.

Additionally the construction jobs themselves will put overall pressure on wages, and workers in otherwise stranded industries, like coal, may find new work in new fields.

The U.S. solar industry employs more than 260,000 workers - about five times more than the coal industry - with the vast majority involved in installation rather than panel manufacturing.

In a region where more than a 1,000 workers were recently laid - off from the coal mines, projects like this offer a much - needed economic boost that helps diversify the local economy and buffer, as the mayor of Tumbler Ridge said, the «devastating shocks» from the regular boom - bust cycle of the traditional resource sectors.

And as coal investors have fled in droves to invest in more profitable companies and industries, coal workers have been left with pink slips and mortgages on houses with few buyers in blighted coal country.

Workers in any declining industry can learn from the coal industry.

Businesses in tangential industries may also want to consider retraining their own workers — electric utilities, for example, can retrain their coal - fired power plant workers for positions involving utility - scale solar farms.

As of November 2015, the solar industry employed 208,859 solar workers, which is already larger than the roughly 150,000 jobs remaining in the domestic coal industry.

U.S. coal production hit its lowest level in 40 years in 2016, and the size of the coal mining work force has been cut nearly in half, to stand at just 77,000 workers (roughly the employee size of Delta Airlines or Whole Foods), spread out over a few dozen companies.

To put this all in perspective: «Solar employs slightly more workers than natural gas, over twice as many as coal, over three times that of wind energy, and almost five times the number employed in nuclear energy,» the report notes.

Surrounded by coal industry workers, donned in khaki pants and polo shirts, President Trump signed an executive order in March pulling the plug on his predecessor's plan to close hundreds of coal - fired power plants to reduce carbon emissions.

And how well did that work for slaves the first 300 years, child labor exploited and coal miners and factory workers suffering horrific working conditions and safety issues in the early 1900's, women still fighting the glass ceiling that exists, etc.?

Overall, China's 90 largest coal miners saw profits fall 97 per cent in 2015 and the sector is planning to lay - off 1.8 million workers across the country.

Thugwane, the 5» 2», 99 - pound maintenance worker from the Koornfontein coal mines whose inspired stretch drive in the Atlanta marathon made him South Africa's first black Olympic gold medalist, returned home last month to find himself the target of a rumored murder plot.

Probably far too complicated for this site, but the «costs» entirely disregards long - term costs - pollution, health problems (like coal extraction workers), and, obviously, the trillions in expected expenses from global warming effects, both responding to and trying to mitigate.

In an attempt to polish coal's tarnished image, the industry has launched a series of ads and other PR efforts (to the tune of «Jingle Bells»): Frosty the coal man is a jolly happy soul He's abundant here in America and he helps our economy roll Frosty the coal man's getting cleaner every day He's affordable and adorable and helps workers keep their pay Beyond caroling coal available online (isn't a lump of coal at Christmas traditionally a bad thingIn an attempt to polish coal's tarnished image, the industry has launched a series of ads and other PR efforts (to the tune of «Jingle Bells»): Frosty the coal man is a jolly happy soul He's abundant here in America and he helps our economy roll Frosty the coal man's getting cleaner every day He's affordable and adorable and helps workers keep their pay Beyond caroling coal available online (isn't a lump of coal at Christmas traditionally a bad thingin America and he helps our economy roll Frosty the coal man's getting cleaner every day He's affordable and adorable and helps workers keep their pay Beyond caroling coal available online (isn't a lump of coal at Christmas traditionally a bad thing?)

And Citigroup Inc. announced in October that it would draw down loans for companies that engage in mountaintop - removal mining — a process in which workers detonate rocks and soil to access coal trapped below, often leaving toxic runoff in bodies of water nearby.

The mining sector, which covers workers in the coal, oil and gas trades, has lost 220,000 jobs since peaking in September 2014.

In this type of local coal - fired factory, the workers are migrants from far poorer areas.

Oddly, as I pointed out earlier, the Friends of Coal industry front group is not attacking the legislation's impacts on coal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utilitiCoal industry front group is not attacking the legislation's impacts on coal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utiliticoal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utiliticoal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utiliticoal companies and coal - fired utiliticoal - fired utilities).

This total does not include indirect employment - workers who are not directly employed in the coal industry, but whose jobs are supported by that industry.

The U.S. civilian labor force totaled 141,730,000 workers in 2005; thus, permanent blue - collar coal industry employees represent 0.12 % of the U.S. workforce.

[1](Compare this percentage with the 1.89 % of U.S. workers who worked in coal mining alone in 1920.)

Based on true events, Matewan tells the tale of a coal workers strike and unionization attempt in a small town in West Virginia in 1920.

Workers at Ekulu coal mine in 1959, near Enugu, Nigeria.

In the episode above, after sharing a wise tech prediction, Ashen looks at several «forgotten» British video games from the»80s, such as SCAB, a short but cutting action title from the North Dereham Workers Liberation Party depicting «what life as a coal miner was like in [Margaret] Thatcher's Britain.&raquIn the episode above, after sharing a wise tech prediction, Ashen looks at several «forgotten» British video games from the»80s, such as SCAB, a short but cutting action title from the North Dereham Workers Liberation Party depicting «what life as a coal miner was like in [Margaret] Thatcher's Britain.&raquin [Margaret] Thatcher's Britain.»

Jack Whitten was born in Bessemer, Alabama in 1939, the son of a seamstress and a coal - worker.

He photographed coal miners, oil field workers, waitresses, housekeepers, drifters and a rattle snake skinner — outdoors, in daylight, and in front of a white background.

«This is and was a memorable moment for the mine workers in Limburg, which forces us to remember the 100 years of coalmining in Europe, the social struggle of the coal miners and to acknowledge the impact the closure of coalmining and the conversion processes afterwards had on our current industrial and social changes and structures,» Hedwig Fijen, Director of Manifesta, told A.i.A. via email.

«You could pension off all the 80,000 workers in the coal industry for a tiny fraction of the medical bills due to burning coal,» says Burton Richter, a Nobel laureate in physics.

Thousands of coal workers marched in Berlin last month to protest against plans to slap a levy on the oldest and most polluting power plants, which unions say could put 100,000 jobs at risk.

When your friendly CC scientist informs you that your are scheduled to freeze to death in your home for the crime of the greed perpetrated by your ancestors, take solace in the likelihood that the moderately paid overworked burgeoning middle class worker in the developing economies couldn't care a rat's because he's too busy raising a family and renovating his 2nd investment residence from wood heating into coal stove retro.

Canada needs to make a formal commitment to phasing out centralized nuclear power and coal stations, and assist in the orderly and just transition for power workers and their communities.

In exchange for the economic losses coal communities will suffer through the «green economy she envisions,» the WSJ says her «programs are a mix of federal support to rebuild coal communities and aid to workers affected by the shifting energy economy.»

The chairman of Repower Port Augusta, Gary Rowbottom, is a 17 year veteran of the coal plant which had employed 260 local workers and closed down in May of 2016.

Miners drifted in throughout the day and the small bar filled with coal - dusted workers a little after dawn and at day's end: shift change.

Local activists had vigorously lobbied the government for several years to replace the Alinta Energy coal plant in Port Augusta with a thermal solar project, so the contract represents a big win for local workers.

The emissions from coal power plants inflict billions of dollars of health problems and while in the U.S., 47 coal workers died mining coal in 2006, China suffered 100 times as many fatalities — 4,746 in total.

Now we must ensure that the transition from coal to clean energy happens in a way that protects workers and communities.

In terms of community impact, BNP has been directly involved in the funding of a four giga - watt coal power plant in India, the Tata Mundra plant, which affects the livelihood of thousands of fish workers by dumping gallons and gallons of warm water from the plant into the naturally colder water of the coastal areIn terms of community impact, BNP has been directly involved in the funding of a four giga - watt coal power plant in India, the Tata Mundra plant, which affects the livelihood of thousands of fish workers by dumping gallons and gallons of warm water from the plant into the naturally colder water of the coastal arein the funding of a four giga - watt coal power plant in India, the Tata Mundra plant, which affects the livelihood of thousands of fish workers by dumping gallons and gallons of warm water from the plant into the naturally colder water of the coastal arein India, the Tata Mundra plant, which affects the livelihood of thousands of fish workers by dumping gallons and gallons of warm water from the plant into the naturally colder water of the coastal area.

For coal generation most of the fatalities are latent fatalities and these occur in the general public, not in the workers.

The Ex-Im-funded Sasan coal plant and mine in India have resulted in serious environmental harms and the deaths of at least 19 workers due to unsafe working conditions, with a recently disclosed project monitoring report showing six potential additional deaths.