Coalblog: Big Green Job Killing Machine
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Environmentalists wield powerful Endangered Species Act to kill jobs, impoverish familiesThe abuse of environmentalist power to hurt people never stops.
"Another one gone," began the Lost Coast Outpost’s report in late January. A.A. "Red" Emmerson, chairman of Sierra Pacific Industries, announced the permanent closure of its sawmill on Samoa Peninsula in Arcata, California – with the loss of 123 crew member jobs (and over 100 secondary jobs that depended on sawmill employment).
Regulatory burdens and reduced allowable harvests from federal forests are the primary reasons for the closure, Emmerson said.
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