Coal Sector Lost 49,000 Jobs 2008-2012

GALWAY, IRELAND--April 10, 2015 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) The coal industry has become the biggest loser in America's shift in power generation, shedding almost 50,000 jobs in the five years between 2008 and 2012.

New research shows that the while the coal industry lost more than 49,000 jobs -- or 12% of its total workforce - in that short period, the natural gas, solar and wind energy industries together created nearly four times that number of jobs.