Ohio 114 plants 23,825 MW 4,289 employees

Average coal power plant employment has fallen dramatically over the past few decades - both due to technological developments and to rising labor costs. In 1985, according to the EIA, the average 300 MW coal-fired power plant had 78 employees; thus, employment per megawatt declined by 32% between 1985 and 1997.[13]

A 2011 Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies report, "A Fraction of the Jobs" found that power companies have overestimated the number of jobs created by new coal-fired power plants. The analysis looked at the six largest new coal-fired power plants to come online between 2005 and 2009, and combed through each project’s initial proposals and job projection data, including public statements, published documents and other material. They then compared that data to actual employment — before, during and after construction — in the areas where the projects were built, relying chiefly on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.[21]

They found that only a little over half - or 56 percent - of every 1,000 jobs projected, appeared to be actually created as a result of the coal plants’ coming online.

romansh wrote:

Macdoc wrote:There are very very few works in coal plants and if they had not seen the writing on the wall....

Coal plants are becoming increasingly automated?

Macdoc wrote:There are very very few works in coal plants and if they had not seen the writing on the wall....

CdesignProponentsist wrote:

Macdoc wrote:small steps with some momentum but long term it all helps

ENERGY
And Now the Really Big Coal Plants Begin to Close
Old, small plants were the early retirees, but several of the biggest U.S. coal burners—and CO2 emitters—will be shuttered by year’s end

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... -to-close/

The sad part of this is that the workers will likely receive zero support from the government for finding new training and new work.

"Basically we are on track to reach at least 1.2 to 1.3 degrees centigrade (above pre-industrial levels) over the next five years," Omar Baddour, WMO senior scientific officer, said in response to a Reuters question at a Geneva news conference.

Macdoc wrote:There are very very few works in coal plants and if they had not seen the writing on the wall....

Climate science
Predicting the climatic future is riddled with uncertainty
But researchers are doing the best they can

How the aviation industry's carbon offsetting scheme will work

Thomson Reuters · Posted: Sep 24, 2019 10:23 AM ET | Last Updated: a minute ago

International airlines are counting on a global carbon offsetting plan to cap CO2 emissions from air travel at 2020 levels, mitigating the environmental impact of flying even as passenger traffic is forecast to grow.

The plan, known as Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), is the first of its kind for a single industry in response to climate change.

Aviation leaders will discuss the program at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)'s triennial assembly that starts on Tuesday in Montreal amid rising pressure from climate activists, including by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg.

What is CORSIA and how will it work?

CORSIA was established by ICAO, the UN body that sets standards for international air travel, in 2016, and is due to start in 2021.

To achieve carbon-neutral growth after 2020, despite rising traffic, participating commercial airlines aim to use more fuel-efficient aircraft, find more direct flight paths by improved air traffic control and substitute conventional fuel with more sustainable biofuels.

But since biofuels are costly compared with jet kerosene and in limited supply, airlines are expected to largely offset their rising emissions by purchasing carbon credits from designated environmental projects around the world.

Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

September 2019 equal hottest on record: monitor
The Copernicus Climate Service said September 2019 was 0.57 Celsius hotter than the historical average

Last month was the equal hottest September in history, the European Union's satellite monitoring service said Friday, the fourth month in a row with near- or record-breaking temperatures.

The Copernicus Climate Service said September 2019 was 0.57 Celsius hotter than the historical average—on a par with September 2016.

Last month was in fact very slightly warmer (0.02 C) than September but the service said they were treating both as joint record-holders.

The data continues Earth's hot streak, with June being the warmest June ever, July the warmest month in recorded history. August was the second hottest August since records began.

Copernicus said its data was further evidence of our planet's "long-term warming trend".

The service, which uses satellite imaging to observe ground-based climate trends, said it had registered significantly hotter than average months for the central and eastern United States, the Mongolian plateau and parts of the Arctic.

Temperatures in Europe were lower than the September average, as they were in southwestern parts of Russia and parts of Antarctica.

Yet the overall trend is hotter, according to Copernicus Director Jean-Noel Thepaut.

"The recent series of record-breaking temperatures is an alarming reminder of the long-term warming trend that can be observed on a global level," Thepaut said.

"With continued greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting impact on global temperatures, records will continue to be broken in the future."

Earth has warmed a little over 1 C since pre-industrial times and manmade emissions—as well as atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases—are rising annually.

Several peer-reviewed studies released this year showed that Earth had never in human history warmed so rapidly and uniformly as currently.