New Energy Is The Jobs Engine

Today’s Energy Jobs Are in Solar, Not Coal

Nadja Popovich, April 25, 2017 (NY Times)

“President Trump has promised to revive the coal industry and double down on fossil fuels, creating ‘so many energy jobs,’ but…the solar industry employed many more Americans [in 2016] than coal, while wind power topped 100,000 jobs…In 2016, 1.9 million Americans were employed in electric power generation, mining and other fuel extraction activities…More than 373,000 Americans worked part or full time in solar energy…Most solar energy jobs were in installation, construction and manufacturing, as the relatively new industry continued to add capacity…The coal industry, which has shed jobs since 2012, primarily due to competition from cheap natural gas, employed just over 160,000 workers nationwide. About 54,000 coal jobs were in mining…” click here for more

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