Trump’s Coal Plan Would Boost Mining Jobs, but Also Premature Deaths, Says New Study

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Date

July 5, 2018

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

Washington Examiner

"Resources for the Future issued the study Thursday focused on the effects of the Trump administration's proposal on emissions, mortality from those emissions, and coal mine jobs. 'Our simulation results indicate that, each year, one American would die from air pollution for every 2 to 4.5 coal mining jobs supported by the policy,' according to the authors of the study, Daniel Shawhan and Paul Picciano."

Topics

Electric Power

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Daniel Shawhan

Fellow

Daniel Shawhan is a fellow at RFF. His research focuses on predicting and estimating the effects of electricity policies, including environmental ones.

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