This is the most wonderful news I've heard in decades! Thanks for sharing Jim. JB

John Christensen jbc329@earthlink.net

"Power concedes nothing without demand." Frederick Douglas

[Original Message] From: James Kotcon jkotcon@wvu.edu To: DSGJr@aol.com; jbc329@earthlink.net; Vickie Wolfe

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Date: 2/3/2009 8:54:44 AM Subject: Fwd: Wind jobs outstrip the coal industry !!

This needs to go far and wide in WV.

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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 oal-industry/