Post by scpg02 on Oct 27, 2014 3:22:31 GMT
Gordienko, Hunt, Cochrane and Sigurdson: Environmentalists get facts wrong about coal
October 26, 2014. 12:06 am • Section: Opinion
blogs.theprovince.com/2014/10/26/gordienko-hunt-cochrane-and-sigurdson-environmentalists-get-facts-wrong-about-coal/
October 26, 2014. 12:06 am • Section: Opinion
While there has been much attention and controversy surrounding a small, proposed coal terminal — Fraser Surrey Docks — the larger picture of how important coal mining and exports are to British Columbia’s economy is being missed.
Our unions’ members are the coal miners and workers who ship steelmaking coal from B.C. to markets overseas, where steel is made to produce everything from cellphones to wind turbines to subway cars to surgical equipment.
B.C.’s coal sector employs 26,000 people directly and indirectly, creates $3.2 billion in economic activity and generates $715 million in tax revenues for the province and B.C. cities and towns every year.
In other words, coal pays for hospitals, schools, roads and other public services.
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Our unions’ members are the coal miners and workers who ship steelmaking coal from B.C. to markets overseas, where steel is made to produce everything from cellphones to wind turbines to subway cars to surgical equipment.
B.C.’s coal sector employs 26,000 people directly and indirectly, creates $3.2 billion in economic activity and generates $715 million in tax revenues for the province and B.C. cities and towns every year.
In other words, coal pays for hospitals, schools, roads and other public services.
~snip~
blogs.theprovince.com/2014/10/26/gordienko-hunt-cochrane-and-sigurdson-environmentalists-get-facts-wrong-about-coal/
