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Ed Markey: Again, the coal industry now has 75,000 workers, but the wind industry has 75,000 workers and the solar industry has…

On the recordMay 31, 2012
Again, the coal industry now has 75,000 workers, but the wind industry has 75,000 workers and the solar industry has 100,000 workers.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey points out job growth in renewable energy compared to coal.

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