When the United States Senate voted against bringing a clean energy bill to the floor this week, they didn’t just hurt the feelings of tree-hugging environmentalists like myself. They hurt the family incomes of blue collar workers in towns across America.
You see, the renewable energy standards originally included in the legislation would have created high-paying jobs in manufacturing, construction, and other blue collar economic sectors. Sadly, the anti-progressive politicians in the Senate who voted in favor of weakening the energy bill by excluding renewable energy standards seem more interested in protecting the power of executives in energy corporations than they are in helping American workers find worthwhile employment.
(Source: National Audubon Society)
