Trump Vs. The Truth On Energy
Trump’s address to Congress was riddled with falsehoods about the energy industry; No, the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines won’t create “tens of thousands of jobs.”
Ryan Koronowski, February 28, 2017 (ThinkProgress)
“During his first joint address to Congress as president, Donald Trump did not linger on energy or the environment, but offered up falsehoods about the coal industry and tar sands oil pipelines. He also completely ignored the clean energy industry…[He extolled his administration’s coal industry boosting actions but what it has done so far will likely only create the same number of jobs it] would cost…Energy experts largely agree that coal jobs are not coming back as long as fracked gas and renewable energy both remain cheap…[The speech also touted a directive requiring controversial oil pipelines to] be made with American steel… [But his] claim that the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines would create tens of thousands of jobs is false…[T]he State Department found in 2013 that the Keystone XL pipeline would create only 35 permanent jobs, and 16,000 direct and indirect construction-related jobs…[T]he Dakota Access pipeline will create only 40 permanent jobs…” click here for more
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