Numbers for pondering: Paris agreement & jobs

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Percentage contribution of U.S. to cumulative global CO2 emissions from 1850 to 2011: 27

U.S. rank among nations in cumulative global CO2 emissions from 1850 to 2011: 1

Number of nations that have signed the Paris climate agreement and maintain their intention to honor their voluntary commitments to it: 194

Number of nations, including the U.S., that have announced their intention not to participate in the Paris climate agreement: 3

Number of references to “climate change” in President Trump’s June 1, 2017 speech announcing his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, an internationally negotiated agreement to work collectively to prevent the potentially catastrophic consequences of “climate change”: 0

Number of references to “innovation” or “technology” in President Trump’s June 1, 2017 speech announcing his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement: 0

Number of references to “solar” or “wind” in President Trump’s June 1, 2017 speech announcing his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement: 0

Number of references to “coal” in President Trump’s June 1, 2017 speech announcing his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement: 8

Number of references to “job,” “jobs,” or “joblessness” in President Trump’s June 1, 2017 speech announcing his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement: 18

Number of Americans employed by the coal industry in 2016, according to the DOE: 160,119

Number of Americans employed by the solar industry in 2016, according to the DOE: 373,807

Percentage of U.S. electricity generated by coal in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): 30.4

Percentage of U.S. electricity generated by solar in 2016, according to the U.S. EIA: 0.9

Number of Americans employed by the coal industry in 2016 per percentage unit of coal’s contribution to U.S. electricity generation: 5,267

Number of Americans employed by the solar industry in 2016 per percentage unit of solar’s contribution to U.S. electricity generation: 415,341

Metric tons of CO2 emitted in 2016 by electricity generation from U.S. coal, according to the U.S. EIA: 1,241

Amount of CO2 emitted by U.S. solar electricity generation: 0

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According to President Trump in a February, 2017 speech, estimate of potential jobs to be created by approval of the Keystone XL pipeline project, approved in March by the Trump Administration: 42,000

According to an official U.S. State Department report, number of permanent jobs expected to be created by the Keystone XL pipeline project: 35

According to a study by the DOE, percentage increase in CO2 emissions from Canadian oil sands oil, to be transported by the Keystone XL pipeline, relative to traditional U.S. crude: 18

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