Social Issues

The end of coal prompting unemployment

Posted on: Mon 15 Mar 2021

The rise of wind and solar energy is speeding up the closure of coal-fired stations in Australia thus leaving many people unemployed.

Dr Chris Briggs, researcher from the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney, joins Zoe Kounadis to discuss the demise of coal power and the possible solutions to help the workforce hurt by this demise.  


Produced by David Bucio

Image source: Stephen Edmonds (CC BY 2.0)

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