Sentences with phrase «jobs the industry created»

The day after Trump won, the American Wind Energy Association released a statement touting its contributions to the economy including the fees developers pay to farmers who agree to host wind turbines on their land and the jobs the industry creates.
«Renewable standards passed over the last decade have been supported on a bipartisan basis, and that was before the dramatic growth in manufacturing and construction jobs the industry created,» said Rob Gramlich, the American Wind Energy Association's senior vice president for public policy.

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But, he doesn't see how the Trump administration could take down an industry that is already generating billions of dollars and created thousands of jobs.
«There is an enormous amount of hope that reforms will truly bring new industries, which will create jobs and service industries,» he said.
The solar and wind industries are each creating jobs at a rate 12 times faster than that of the rest of the U.S. economy, according to a new report.
The wide range of industries represented in this category aren't creating many new jobs, but the positions that are available are worth taking
Nor can Putin ignore his economy's need for foreign investment and technology to upgrade industry and create jobs.
But the question is, as more than half of all states now have state laws allowing for medical marijuana and / or adult - use marijuana markets, and the industry has created approximately 150,000 jobs and brought in almost $ 7 billion in revenue in 2016, can the industry be pushed into the black market again?
Read the breathless reports coming from the tech industry and you'd think cloud computing will create jobs for all.
The CSeries poses no threat to the U.S. aerospace industry because building it at the Airbus factory in Alabama would create U.S. jobs and generate billions of dollars in business for U.S. aerospace companies, Bombardier said.
Republicans and the energy industry say the $ 8 billion project would create jobs, spur growth and increase America's independence from Mideast energy sources.
It estimates that the cinema industry will contribute over 90 billion riyals ($ 24 billion) to the economy and create 30,000 permanent jobs by 2030.
«Even if the revenue benefits to the state aren't as much as expected, the industry will create new jobs and bring money into the state as «pot tourism» grows.»
The reliably influential restaurant industry additionally created about half of new franchising jobs, with a growth of 11,820 employees.
The reality is that all but a very select group of cities are struggling to figure out how to create jobs in a time when companies are less dependent on human beings and traditional industries face technology - and trade - driven disruption.
Analyses of steel tariffs imposed by Bush found they created fewer jobs in steel production than they destroyed through higher prices for steel - consuming industries.
The funding is expected to create or maintain 300 jobs by helping Bell and 18 industry and academic partners develop innovative technologies, including fully autonomous aerial systems along with efforts to reduce noise.
If you were to track the upgrades for your Apple iPhone or Toyota Prius from their introduction to today, you will see a familiar arc in the technology industry: performance multiplies, the product is refined, jobs are created, even entire industries are reworked.
International travel to the U.S. creates and supports a large number of jobs in the travel industry.
«Investors I know are afraid to invest in the U.S. in job - creating industries,» he said in a «Squawk Box» interview, «because they don't know how punitive the regulations will be, how costly these health - care mandates are going to be.»
The company will continue on the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative to represent our industry, our 15,000 U.S. workers, and to provide input and advice on ways to create jobs and strengthen U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.
The cluster also worked to inform legislators about the fuel - cell industry's potential to create jobs, create revenue and keep the environment clean, he says.
Even though he was criticized by some for his private - equity past, Romney fought claims that his industry destroyed jobs by focusing on the businesses he helped create, one example being Staples.
In 2015, the industry in Colorado created more than 18,000 new full - time jobs and generated $ 2.4 billion in economic activity, according to the Marijuana Policy Group, an economic consulting firm.
«While we see a potential drop in total number of U.S. jobs created in 2017, as reported by Kiplinger, as well as an overall expected drop in GDP growth, the cannabis industry continues to be a positive contributing factor to growth at a time of potential decline,» says De Carcer in a statement.
Beyond offering Saudi citizens and residents the opportunity to watch movies in their hometown rather than traveling abroad, the government hopes the industry will contribute $ 24 billion to the economy and create 30,000 jobs.
A cornerstone of the state's economy — the floor - covering industry — is in the midst of a resurgence, with thousands of new jobs to be created over the next few years.
My business plan, which is already off the ground in multiple states, is one that will not only create jobs and encourage that entrepreneurial spirit, but give the ever so desperate auto industry the boost that it has been looking for.
Our Government will work in partnership with industry to ensure that all major military purchases create high - quality jobs for Canadian workers.
Speaking at the Code Conference at the Terranea Resort in California, Andreessen argued that self - driving cars will not only build productivity and save lives, but will drive many job - creating ancillary industries.
«While we are pleased the industry continues growing at faster rates than other sectors of the economy, we could be growing much faster, creating more new jobs and businesses, if Washington addressed the tax, spending and regulatory uncertainty plaguing the small business community in a meaningful way,» said IFA President & CEO Steve Caldeira.
However, the agreement, which came into effect yesterday, is bitterly criticized by some industry executives in B.C., especially those in the business of turning raw logs into the kinds of products that also create more jobs.
Even if successful, the US steel industry does not have the potential to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, as is argued.
Myriota Chief Executive Officer Dr Alex Grant says the Internet of Things industry is set to boom across the globe and Myriota has the potential to create significantly more advanced manufacturing jobs over the coming years and undertake production runs of millions of units for export.
Bryan Cox will speak about what is needed to ensure the B.C. mining industry is globally competitive and well - positioned to continue providing significant economic and social contributions and, importantly, creating the mining jobs of tomorrow.
While the industry has created high - paying jobs for many, those are rarely held by African Americans and Latinos, who make up more than half of Oakland residents.
Taylor West, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, said the group has focused recently on emphasizing its role in creating new jobs and building domestic manufacturing facilities.
An analysis by New Frontier Data, a market research firm specializing in cannabis, forecast the industry would create more than 250,000 jobs by 2020.
Okay, so perhaps we're overstating things — but watchdog groups, industry and pundits widely praised Ontario's policies that are expected to reduce carbon pollution substantially while creating jobs and clearing the air.
Wirlu - murra has reached a milestone of helping create more than 100 jobs for young people in the Pilbara through its collaborative approach to working with the mining industry.
The U.S. solar industry is creating a lot of jobs, bringing on new workers 12 times faster than the overall economy.
If there is sincerity behind his question in creating jobs for Canadians, why is he writing letters to bring in Chinese workers in the food industry in Montreal rather than helping us create jobs for Canadians in Montreal?»
While the president has persistently argued for steel and aluminum tariffs as a way to create jobs in beleaguered American industries, the formal legal rationale for the measures is actually national security.
The then chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, praised the 2001 deal as «groundbreaking», urging other industries «to follow the example of VW and IG Metall to create new jobs in Germany».
«One in every 142 new jobs in the U.S. last year was created by the solar industry.
In the jobs report today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics provided a trove of granular data on which industries and governments created jobs over the past 12 months, and which destroyed jobs — with some counter-intuitive results.
The tariff announcement comes as Trump tries to rally his base ahead of this fall's midterm congressional elections by making good on promises to protect American industry and create jobs.
A key study finding is despite all the noise about A.I. and other forms of automation technology disrupting industries and destroying jobs, most small businesses see automation technology as creating opportunities for both their businesses and employees.
Over the last year, the solar industry added jobs twelve times faster than the rest of the economy, even more than the jobs created by the oil and gas extraction and pipeline sectors combined.
We will invest in our cultural and creative industries to create jobs and grow the middle class, and...
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