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Jobs report: the energy connection to growth
2013-03-09 07:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Friday's jobs report bore good news. The US economy added 236,000 jobs in February and employment dropped to 7.7 percent. While no one sector can take credit for the promising jobs report, America can thank the energy sector for part of the boost. The contribution comes from many areas: oil and gas extraction employment is up 10,000 jobs over the past year; utilities, up 6,000 jobs; coal employment, by contrast, down 5,000. Renewables are also growing slowly. But the jobs impact from the energy...
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