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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAP FACT CHECK: EPA Chief Gets His Facts Wrong on Coal Jobs
Another Trump Administration LIAR
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump's environmental chief has been trying to clear the air about why his boss is pulling out of the Paris climate accord, but some of the claims he's making are as solid as smoke. A look at a some of the statements Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt made over the weekend:
PRUITT, pushing back on whether the president is overstating his ability to bring back long lost coal-mining jobs, credited Trump with creating almost 50,000 jobs "in the coal sector" since the fourth quarter of last year. "In the month of May alone, almost 7,000 jobs," Pruitt told NBC's "Meet the Press."
THE FACTS: He's wildly off base. Instead of adding almost 50,000 jobs in the last few months, coal mining accounted for a total of only 51,000 jobs nationally at the end of May. That's only up about 400 jobs from the prior month, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Asked about Pruitt's claim of 50,000 new coal jobs, his staff on Monday pointed to statistics encompassing seven months of job gains across the far broader "mining" sector. That includes not just coal but also oil and gas extraction, metal ore mining, stone quarrying and other unrelated jobs. Three of the months Pruitt's staff is counting were while Barack Obama was still president.
PRUITT, pushing back on whether the president is overstating his ability to bring back long lost coal-mining jobs, credited Trump with creating almost 50,000 jobs "in the coal sector" since the fourth quarter of last year. "In the month of May alone, almost 7,000 jobs," Pruitt told NBC's "Meet the Press."
THE FACTS: He's wildly off base. Instead of adding almost 50,000 jobs in the last few months, coal mining accounted for a total of only 51,000 jobs nationally at the end of May. That's only up about 400 jobs from the prior month, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Asked about Pruitt's claim of 50,000 new coal jobs, his staff on Monday pointed to statistics encompassing seven months of job gains across the far broader "mining" sector. That includes not just coal but also oil and gas extraction, metal ore mining, stone quarrying and other unrelated jobs. Three of the months Pruitt's staff is counting were while Barack Obama was still president.
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2017-06-06/ap-fact-check-epa-chief-gets-his-facts-wrong-on-coal-jobs
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AP FACT CHECK: EPA Chief Gets His Facts Wrong on Coal Jobs (Original Post)
spanone
Jun 2017
OP
bresue
(1,007 posts)1. Pruitt may have been big potatoe in Oklahoma....
but he cannot even keep his nose above water in Washington. Under heat, he changes position and facts frequently. Pruitt went circles around the real fact, pivoting frequently unsuccessfully on MoJoe.
spanone
(135,846 posts)2. they lie for him....why?
gordianot
(15,242 posts)3. Trump is the son of the father of lies.
Donald's most fundamental nature is a lie with freedom from the truth.
spanone
(135,846 posts)4. so the head of the ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY is promoting COAL jobs?
he has no clue what his job is.
he is supposed to PROTECT the ENVIRONMENT and he's lying about COAL jobs!
gordianot
(15,242 posts)5. Good point the final insult is everyone should be concerned with coal jobs.
All the while viable profitable alternatives to coal are coming on line.