President Biden said coal plants across the country will be shutting down, arguing that it saves them a 'hell of a lot of money' to shift to wind and solar.
Caterpillar Inc. D10R Crawler Tractor bulldozers move coal at an Alpha Natural Resources Inc. coal preparation plant in Logan County near Yolyn, West Virginia.
The report found that the fuel technology sector experienced job losses totaling 29,271 jobs in 2021, a 3.1% year-over-year decline, with the majority coming in the fossil fuel industry. Onshore and offshore petroleum companies shed 31,593 jobs, a 6.4% decline; the coal industry lost 7,125 jobs, down 11.8% year-over-year; and fossil fuel extraction jobs declined by 12%.
"The DOE jobs report is not only reflective of the broader pandemic slowdown, but also highlights an Administration that has worked overtime on restricting American natural gas and oil production," Independent Petroleum Association of America spokesperson Jennifer Marsteller told Fox News Digital in an email.On the campaign trail in 2020, candidate Biden suggested that coal miners facing an economy where their job is potentially phased out should "learn to program.
"Anybody who can go down 300-3,000 feet in a mine sure as hell can learn how to program as well," Biden at a campaign event. "But we don’t think of it that way. Anybody who can throw coal into furnace can learn how to program, for God’s sake."
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