Myth # 5 Renewables will Cost Jobs and Destroy Rural Communities FACT: With adequate preparation, the transition from coal to renewables does not have to be brutal as the case studies below show. Renewable Energy already employs some 30,000 workers around Australia and this number is expected to continue growing, whereas that in coal mining and coal -fired generation is expected to decline in line with commitments made by some 60 countries to end the use of coal by 2030. The benefits are not only environmental, but because they are less polluting, bring health benefits as well. Around Australia some 16 large Battery projects are currently either being completed or in the process of development. Just Transitions When last coal mine in Germany's Ruhr District closed* in 2018, not a single one of its 3,000 workers lost their job. The writing had been on the wall for Germany's coal industry since the 19...
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