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DOE jobs report: EVs up, but unions back fossil fuels Source: By Lesley Clark, E&E News • Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2021
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A Department of Energy effort that tracks energy jobs in the U.S. has returned to DOE after the Trump administration did not produce the survey for several years.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm marked the reappearance of DOE’s role in the U.S. Energy and Employment Jobs Report at a virtual meeting yesterday with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who had pressed for the government to do the accounting.
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The blackouts that gripped parts of Texas for days as temperatures dipped to record lows last month were stunning for a state that prides itself on its diverse and abundant energy supplies. Texas is the country’s largest oil producer, largest lignite coal producer, largest natural gas producer, and largest wind energy producer.
Yet despite its bountiful resources, every electricity source natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar fell short just as Texans needed to warm up the most.
Now that Texas has thawed out after an icy freeze left more than 4 million people in the cold and dark, heads are rolling.
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