Very good point Bill, even though the power companies are really just the coal companies wearing different hats.....
John Christensen jbc329@earthlink.net
"Come forth into the light of things, Let nature be your teacher." William Wordsworth
----- Original Message ----- From: William V. DePaulo, Esq. To: James Kotcon Cc: DSGJr@aol.com; jbc329@earthlink.net; Vickie Wolfe; Daniel Chiotos; EC@osenergy.org Sent: 2/3/2009 9:48:37 AM Subject: Re: [EC] Fwd: Wind jobs outstrip the coal industry !!
Interesting article, Jim. Altho the statistical attacks in the comments following the article may have some validity nationwide, in W. Va. the point is very powerful. Protecting coal jobs is one thing, protecting utilities is another.
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:54 AM, James Kotcon jkotcon@wvu.edu wrote:
This needs to go far and wide in WV.
JBK
Paula Carrell Paula.Carrell@sierraclub.org 1/29/2009 3:18 PM >>>
Check out this story -- Fortune Magazine in Jan.
Opening sentence: "Here's a talking point in the green jobs debate: The wind industry now employs more people than coal mining in the United States."
Jayme Hill in VA picked it up.
pc
http://greenwombat.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/01/28/wind-jobs-outstrip-the-c...
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