Our Economic Dependence on Dirty Fossil Fuels
This is Scott Amyx with today\u2019s Climate Change Flash Briefing. Why was the recent Climate Change Summit held in Katowice (Kata-vi-ssa), Poland? Because the region is heavily dependent on coal. The region\u2019s 5 million people in over 70 cities rely on the lifeblood of its coal industry. COP24\u2019s president Micha\u0142 Kurtyka, a state secretary in Poland\u2019s Ministry of Energy, remarked that bringing the climate summit to Katowice was a strategic decision to exhibit a city and region in need of transition away from coal. In Poland coal still accounts for almost 80 percent of electricity generation. The current White House administration is in alliance with old industries such as coal, oil and gas, and steel and promoting these special interest groups as a way to bring back mining and manufacturing jobs. Stay tuned next time to find out how the U.S. became the world\u2019s largest global producer of oil. And to learn more, visit https://ScottAmyx.com/.