Sentences with phrase «thousands of construction jobs»
Meeting Alberta's renewable energy targets with wind energy would result in over $ 10 billion of investment, creating thousands of construction jobs and hundreds of jobs in operations in maintenance.
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Politico reports that Republicans accused Obama of «bowing to an extremist green agenda that would rob the U.S. of thousands of construction jobs and other economic benefits.»
Collins, a Clarence Republican, says the pipeline would have created thousands of construction jobs which could have helped Western New York.
At British Columbia's end, a cancelled pipeline means thousands of construction jobs would be lost.
In a statement on Tuesday, TransCanada said the Keystone XL would create thousands of construction jobs and generate tens of millions of dollars in property taxes annually to counties along the proposed route.
Labor unions have pushed for approval of the pipeline, saying it would create thousands of construction jobs, while environmentalists opposed it because it would increase greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil sands.
If they ca n`t fund the mine creation as well as the rail and port infrastructure that will maintain thousands of construction jobs in the Pilbara they should not be allowed to frustrate someone who can.
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Amazon (amzn) has said it plans to invest over $ 5 billion in construction and produce many as 50,000 high - paying jobs at HQ2, with the further promise of «tens of thousands of additional jobs» as well as billions of dollars more in additional investment in the host city — prompting a flurry of (sometimes outlandish) bids from cities and states to woo CEO Jeff Bezos and company.
With billions of dollars of construction spend spread across a few years, along with the promise of strong jobs creation in the tune of thousands of jobs being created, the state hosting a Gigafactory - scale facility is primed for an economic boom.
Through their commitment and investment, Tropicana was able to create hundreds of construction jobs and employs thousands more employees today than it employed in 2010.
In addition to Amazon's direct hiring and investment, construction and ongoing operation of Amazon HQ2 is expected to create tens of thousands of additional jobs and tens of billions of dollars in additional investment in the surrounding community.»
The Oilsands create thousands of jobs, pipeline construction creates thousands of jobs, and millions and millions of dollars will spin off in revenue and taxation.
With tens of thousands of jobs in construction and financial services tied to the market, the Bank of Canada has specifically cited Toronto's inflating condo sector as a potential source of concern.
VANCOUVER — A New Democrat government will get Metro Vancouver commuters moving again by increasing the provincial share of capital funding for public transportation improvements to 40 percent, clearing the way to shorter commutes and thousands of new construction jobs over the next 10 years.
«Here in Greater Vancouver alone, the project is expected to generate more than a billion dollars in construction spending, create thousands of high - paying jobs, and help attract new investment to our region,» said Black.
The oilsands create thousands of jobs, pipeline construction creates thousands of jobs, and millions of dollars will spin off in revenue and taxation,» said Black.
Not to be outdone, a spokesperson for the mayor shot back, «If 421 - a is simply extended as is, as some are seeking up in Albany, there will be no prevailing wage construction jobs, far fewer building service workers making prevailing wage and no progress on affordable housing for tens of thousands in desperate need.
«It's a vital boost to the housing market, giving people good affordable new homes and backing thousands of jobs in construction in the process.»
The economic impact of the project would be enormous, estimated to create thousands of construction and private sector jobs.
If 421a is simply extended as - is, as some are seeking up in Albany, there will be no prevailing wage construction jobs, far fewer building service workers making prevailing wage and no progress on affordable housing for tens of thousands in desperate need.
The convention center would create «tens of thousands of jobs, OK, construction and permanent,» Cuomo said.
• Highway Infrastructure and Urban Transit, administered by the Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, continued to fund thousands of jobs in construction projects around the State and directly funded 2,735 jobs.
«Sal, it's not the 1980s anymore, You can't do what Ed Koch did» de Blasio said, adding that enacting Albanese's proposals to primarily use non-profit developers «would put tens of thousands of construction workers out of a job.»
The Liberal Democrats» target of 300,000 new homes a year would both tackle the housing crisis and create thousands of jobs in construction — a short - term economic stimulus with real long - term benefits.
Cuomo says the 3.8 billion - square - foot center would create «tens of thousands of construction and permanent jobs» and could open the area up to an economic boom down the road — comparing it to the successful redevelopment of the Battery Park City.
The Bureau added that apart from youths employment, the state government's massive infrastructure programme such as new roads, schools construction, introduction of modern agricultural extension and practices, and other infrastructure projects, several thousands of indirect jobs have been created to reduce the problem of unemployment.
Mr. Bloomberg, along with the Jets, the city's construction unions and some business groups, had said the stadium would help create thousands of new jobs, new tax revenues and a new commercial district.
The Portland, Oregon - based company said that, once approved, global demand for its plants will create thousands of jobs during manufacturing, construction and operation, and «re-establish US global leadership in nuclear technology», paving the way for NRC approval and subsequent deployment of other advanced nuclear technologies.
The marathon of preparing schools — which includes the icky job of scraping chewing gum from school desks and chairs, refinishing gym floors, manicuring thousands of acres of play fields, and major and minor construction projects — must be completed before school starts next week.
These projects, competitively funded through the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Capital Investment Grant Program (CIG), will create or sustain thousands of good construction - related jobs and help communities expand transportation choices that offer new ladders of opportunity for hard - working families.
«The Portland - Milwaukie light rail project will bring more great transportation options to people in the region, create thousands of jobs during construction and boost economic development along the new line for years to come.»
«Our federal investment is creating construction jobs now while improving the daily commute of thousands and giving businesses a good reason to locate here.»
Investments to fix these outdated structures and systems would pump money into the economy and create tens of thousands of jobs — for every billion dollars invested in water infrastructure construction, 47,000 jobs are created.
And the projects would create thousands of high - paying construction jobs.
In addition, the shift to cleaner, more efficient and more sustainable energy will create thousands of clean - energy jobs that can't be shipped overseas — in construction, transmission, engineering and more.
It has created thousands of manufacturing and construction jobs.
This will mean the creation of thousands of new solar jobs in the areas of manufacturing, engineering, construction and environmental sciences,» says Kerry Adler, President and Chief Executive Officer of SkyPower.
IHS CERA's new environmental assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline and pipeline - related oil sands development sends a pretty clear message to President Obama as he decides whether to approve the full project's construction: There's not a climate rationale for rejecting the pipeline — and along with it, tens of thousands of U.S. jobs, economic uplift and greater energy security.
The reality was that the pipeline would only create about 35 permanent jobs in the US and a few thousand over the course of its construction, about the same amount of construction used in building a subway stop or a small mall.
The GEA was expected to bring 40,000 jobs related to renewable energy but most are temporary jobs in construction, while tens of thousands of industrial jobs are fleeing the Ontario Liberal governance for the much more reasonable and competitive electric power rates of other provinces and states.
Do we choose infrastructure construction, meaning thousands of U.S. jobs and economic stimulus, or the status quo?
Both the NYSERDA and NYPA solicitations will lead to the creation of thousands of direct and indirect jobs from development, construction and operation of clean energy projects through 2022.
Some of the outmoded fancies presented were that jobs would abound with the «incubator» project, as many as 500 while the turbines were under construction, with the lure of more, thousands, as wind power in Ohio «matures.»
Both the NYSERDA and NYPA solicitations will lead to the creation of thousands of direct and indirect jobs from the development, construction and operation of clean energy projects through 2022.
Householders will benefit directly from more comfortable homes and lower energy bills, while thousands of jobs are supported in the construction sector.»
The project will create thousands of good paying jobs for the safest, most highly trained workers of the building trades at a time when construction workers have an unemployment rate higher than the national average.
â $ œPipeline construction and maintenance, â $ Trumka said, â $ œprovides quality jobs to tens of thousands of skilled workers.â $ The head of the Building Trades Unions agreed: â $ œMembers have been relying on these excellent, family - supporting, middle - class jobs with family health care, pensions, and good wages.â $ Another union official put it most eloquently: â $ œLetâ $ ™ s not turn away and overregulate or just say, â $ ˜No, keep it in the ground.â $ ™ It shouldnâ $ ™ t be that simple.â $
«Pipeline construction and maintenance,» Trumka said, «provides quality jobs to tens of thousands of skilled workers.»
«We are pleased that President Obama's vision of a clean energy economy creating thousands of good jobs is beginning to become a reality» said Bob Balgenorth, President of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California.
Each year in the United States, thousands of construction workers sustain injuries on the job.