Friday, April 13, 2012

Fossil-fuel subsidies are the real job killers

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That's how many lobbyists are in Washington, DC, defending billions in subsidies for the oil and gas industry.

Turns out Big Oil is actually a job killer.  Last year Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee investigated Big Oil's jobs claim.  They found that the industry has gone on a firing spree in recent years.  Thousands of jobs have been eliminated, while oil executives paid themselves millions.  It was also found that 40% of U.S. oil-industry jobs consist of minimum-wage work at gas stations. 

 Denying climate change and obstructing climate action is one part of the problem.  Natural disasters are having a devastating effect on American jobs.

So Big Oil is killing jobs and undermining our economy.

Read more here....

1 comment:

Gwen said...

Hello Peacegirl.

I've started a petition about the subsidies that PA gives for fossil fuels: https://www.change.org/petitions/pennsylvania-general-assembly-end-2-9b-in-state-subsidies-for-fossil-fuel-use-for-education

It asks the General Assembly to spend that money on schools instead. I'm printing and mailing at the end of the month. The more signatures I have, the more seriously they'll take it.

Can you help me get the word out?

Gwen