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Ed Markey: We are going to have 300,000 jobs in wind and solar by the end of next year; 65,000 coal miners.

On the recordNovember 17, 2015
We are going to have 300,000 jobs in wind and solar by the end of next year; 65,000 coal miners.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights job growth in renewable energy compared to coal mining.

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