Wednesday, February 20, 2013

How EPA Climate Protection Can Be America’s Greatest Jobs Producer | Common Dreams

How EPA Climate Protection Can Be America’s Greatest Jobs Producer | Common Dreams
"As our country is devastated by more and more severe droughts, floods, fires, and superstorms, the public is demanding regulation of the greenhouse gasses that cause climate change.  The corporations that profit from coal, oil, and gas fear such regulation will reduce their profits and the value of their investments.  They and their political mouthpieces have a solution, however: persuade the public that regulation of greenhouse gasses will destroy American jobs.  The truth?  Climate change is destroying American jobs right now — but climate protection will produce millions of new jobs.  Here’s why."