CARBON CAPS=HARD HATS--Emission Controls Could Mean Good Jobs

摘要

A group of steelworkers and the tattooed. Harvard-educated mayor of a small steel town near Pittsburgh are the stars of a television, print and Internet advertising campaign that supports a cap on carbon pollution. The campaign, sponsored by the Environmental Defense Action Fund and endorsed by the USW and the Blue Green Alliance, links a cap on carbon emissions to the creation of new jobs in blue-collar industries. Todd Simko. who was laid off in March when Precoat Metals closed its plant in McKeesport. Pa., was one of several USW members featured in the gritty "Carbon Caps = Hard Hats" campaign. They were filmed in an abandoned mill and in Braddock, Pa. "Anything that creates jobs I'm all for it. I've got a family of five." said Simko, 33, whose three children aged 12, 13 and 16 were also filmed. "We need work. This place is dead."