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==Business groups==
* [[Wisconsin Climate Change Action Initiative]]
==Study questions coal-fired power plant job numbers==
In a report released in late March 2011 by the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies in Chattanooga, Tennessee shows that coal-fired power plants often do not reach predicted counts of construction and permanent jobs.
The Center analyzed the largest coal-powered plants that became operational between 2005 and 2009. At those six locations -- in Iowa, Texas, Nebraska, South Carolina and Wisconsin -- analyses of employment data and labor retention rates showed that only the plant in Iowa had an increase in construction employment that matched the predicted level. The others did not reach the numbers predicted.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MACGH00.htm "Study questions coal-fired power plant job counts"] Associated Press, March 31, 2011.</ref>
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