"EPA's Clean Power Plan Will Create Quarter-Million Jobs"

"New study shows that job gains, not the losses the industry predicted, would follow if new carbon rules are implemented."

"The Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to crack down on carbon pollution from power plants would create more than a quarter of a million additional jobs, according to a new analysis by economists using a trusted, sophisticated model.

The findings support the EPA's argument that the benefits of its approach exceed the costs, and undermine the claims of the fossil fuel industry that the rules would cripple the economy.

"The proposed Clean Power Plan is likely to increase U.S. employment by up to 273,000 jobs," said the report, which extends the forecast out to the year 2040. "For perspective, this is roughly the equivalent of one month of healthy job gains.""

John H. Cushman Jr. reports for InsideClimate News April 21, 2015.