Green Jobs Up, Coal Jobs Down


	Green Jobs Up, Coal Jobs Down

Wisco

7-15-2008 7:00 PM

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So much for the argument that fighting climate change will hurt the economy. That argument's looking more and more like what it actually is -- the argument of the buggywhip industry against those newfangled horseless carriages.

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