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on Monday, highlighting growing tensions between the environmentalist and
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FreeBeacon <http://freebeacon.com/issues/unions-slam-obama-epa-rule/>: *Labor
unions criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s new regulations on
carbon emissions from power plants* on Monday, highlighting growing
tensions between the environmentalist and working class arms of the
Democratic Party.
Those tensions have come to the forefront as leading Democrats embrace
environmentalist policies backed by billionaire political donors that are
generally opposed by members of the party’s rank and file base.
*Some labor unions, groups generally considered loyally Democratic,
rebelled on Monday* after the EPA released its new regulations, which
studies have suggested will carry hefty economic costs.
United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) president Cecil Roberts blasted
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the proposal, *saying it would leave tens of thousands of the union’s
members unemployed*.
“The proposed rule … will lead to long-term and irreversible job losses for
thousands of coal miners, electrical workers, utility workers,
boilermakers, railroad workers and others without achieving any significant
reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions,” Roberts said in a statement.
According to a UMWA analysis, Roberts said, *the rule will cause 75,000 job
losses in the coal sector by 2020, rising to 152,000 by 2035*.
“When a U.S. government economic multiplier used to calculate the impact of
job losses is applied to the entire economy, we estimate that the total
impact will be about 485,000 permanent jobs lost,” Roberts said.
*Other studies have also found that the rule will lead to significant job
losses.* An analysis
<http://www.energyxxi.org/sites/default/files/file-tool/Executive_Summary_EPA_Regs.pdf>
commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that the regulations
will “lead to an average of 224,000 fewer U.S. jobs every year through
2030.”
The regulations also drew fire on Monday from the International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers (IBEW), which warned they “focus solely on the
environmental aspect of public policy at the expense of balancing our
nation’s economic and energy needs.”
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The IBEW cautioned against attempts to reduce carbon emissions “at the
expense of a balanced energy portfolio capable of meeting the demands of
modern society.”
*“The jobs of thousands of working men and women and the well-being of
their communities are also worthy of saving,”* the union said.
*IBEW has previously split with President Barack Obama on key aspects of
his energy policy agenda*, including the Keystone XL pipeline, which the
president has repeatedly refused to approve.
The union has called
<http://www.ibew.org/articles/12Daily/1201/Keystone-XL-PR-1-18-12.pdf>
Keystone “a vital project that would create 20,000 construction and
manufacturing jobs, generate $585 million in state and local taxes plus
another $5 billion in property taxes and strengthen North America’s energy
independence.”
That project has also accentuated divides between the Democratic Party’s
environmentalist and working class supporters. A number of labor unions,
including IBEW, support the project. However, billionaire environmentalist
Tom Steyer has promised to spend $100 million in favor of candidates who
oppose the pipeline despite its massive popularity
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/07/keystone-xl-poll_n_4919025.html>.
*Some unions have blasted the president’s apparent political motives in
delaying the pipeline*, most recently in mid-April.
*“It’s clear the administration needs to grow a set of antlers, or perhaps
take a lesson from Popeye and eat some spinach,”* the president of the
Laborers International Union of North America said
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