Posted on 10/26/2018 8:43:07 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Under banners: “Without good work, no good climate! We are speaking out for our jobs,” as many as 20,000 mine workers took part in demonstrations organized by the IG BCE and Verdi trade unions on Wednesday in Bergheim near Cologne, Germany.
IG BCE President Michael Vassiliadis has been a member of the coal commission since the summer. He called for a more respectful approach toward mine workers, akin to the attitude shown environmentalists campaigning to save the ancient Hambach forest.
“The actions of forest conservationists are given maximum understanding,” Vassiliadis told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “But employees’ concerns are often ignored.”
“In Germany, there are about 100,000 jobs dependent on coal-fired power generation,” Vassiliadis said.
About 20,000 people are directly employed in the brown coal industry in Germany, according to Germany’s Federal Association for Brown Coal.
Over the coming weeks, the federal government’s coal commission is to draw up a plan to phase out coal-fired power stations, which will also take account of the loss of jobs. […]
Facing a coal exit, the employees fear for their jobs and took to the streets in a loud but peaceful protest. …
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I think the answer to “what percentage is produced by man?” is well over 50% of CO2 introduced into the atmosphere these days is anthropogenic.
I think the answer to the question “Is the effect more of a net benefit or problem?” is more problematic, but overall, I would bet on net benefit.
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