These jobs are going sooner or later. It’s cheaper to build new solar than to operate existing coal plants in many places in the US. If you are serious about t

These jobs are going sooner or later. It’s cheaper to build new solar than to operate existing coal plants in many places in the US. If you are serious about the welfare of folks currently working in the coal industry, IMO you need to look at retraining programs (say, Green New Deal style) to replace fossil jobs with building wind, solar, battery, etc. components. Pragmatically I’m fine with buying off the coal communities with subsidies to transition to green tech. We should not just leave them hanging. The people advocating for a green energy economy understand this and are generally in favor of supporting those that worked in the fossil industry. However the lobbyist dollars opposing a green transition come from the big companies that stand to lose huge revenue streams, and they don’t seem to be that interested in the long-term welfare of those in the industry.