American labor unions have teamed up with environmental activists ahead of this week’s UN Conference on climate change. It seems that big labor is finally coming around to the idea that going green doesn’t mean losing jobs or hurting the economy.
I always hear people say that if stricter carbon emission regulations are enacted the economy will hemorrhage millions of jobs. But that’s simply not true, jobs are created anytime there is a demand.
When the automobile first came about I’m sure there was a voice of opposition from people claiming that jobs would be lost. Carriage manufacturers & horse ranchers most likely went out of business all across the nation, but millions of other people eventually found work in the automobile industry. The same will hold true for the green movement.
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