As US Offshore Wind Disappears, a Generation of Workers Is Left Behind - Inside Climate News
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Building trades spent the past five years preparing for an offshore wind boom that went bust. Now, U.S. workers mourn the well-paying careers they don’t see coming back.

Building trades spent the past five years preparing for an offshore wind boom that went bust. Now, U.S. workers mourn the well-paying careers they don’t see coming back.

I’ll note that the reason construction is ending is that Trump is using taxpayer dollars to pay companies to not build wind farms

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
      7·
      15 days ago

      all those opsec countries, and the oil/gas companies in the us would lose thier lobbying influence, they are holding on to the teet for dear life.

    • Jax@sh.itjust.works
      318·
      15 days ago

      The rest of the world

      China is still the world’s largest polluter. India generates something like 20% of the world’s plastic. I’m not sure what the fuck convinces you that almost half the fucking population of the world is somehow ‘leaving us behind’.

      Maybe take a trip to India. See what it’s like. Gain some fucking perspective.

                • Jax@sh.itjust.works
                  21·
                  15 days ago

                  Trending downwards for China, however their emissions are intrinsically tied to the U.S./western world’s emissions which… sort of makes things messy from an analytical standpoint. Yes the U.S. has higher per capita emissions, yet China has something like 400 million more people than the entire western world combined.

                  So yes, the numbers are messy but the U.S./western world’s emissions and China’s emissions are intrinsically linked - you don’t get one without the other, especially in a globalized economy. The bottom line is that both need to stop, and one contributes to the global emissions far more heavily than the other - per capita emissions don’t matter. This isn’t even discussing China’s internal markets, which aren’t exactly pollution free.

                  Now, one legitimate metric to guage the U.S. by would be emissions since the industrial revolution began. We’ve absolutely contributed far more pollution since then any country, ever, including China - though as China’s population grows this will change.

                  The same can be said for India and plastic pollution per capita. Yes, the U.S. generates more plastic waste per capita. I can tell you however, beyond a shadow of doubt, that the U.S.’ most polluted rivers pales in comparison to India’s. I’ve seen it firsthand. I’m not sure what the fuck Indians do with their waste aside from throw it wherever there’s vegetation/flowing water.