US wind employs more people than coal

Wind industry jobs jumped to 85,000 in 2008, a 70% increase year over (American Wind Energy Association).

In contrast, the coal industry employs about 81,000 workers. (2007 U.S. Department of Energy report)

Coal employment has remained steady in recent years though it's down by nearly 50% since 1986.) Wind industry employment includes 13,000 manufacturing jobs concentrated in regions of the country hard hit by the de-industrialization of the past two decades.
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