Trump Undermines Jobs Growth & Energy Independence

"Projected it will cost the industry 88,000 jobs nationwide, about 34 percent of the 260,000 Americans employed in solar in 2017, according to calculations released last June by SEIA. At risk would be 6,300 jobs in Texas, 4,700 in North Carolina and a whopping 7,000 in SC"  
Eugene Wilkie‏ @NOW1SOLAR

Trump Slaps Tariffs-On SolarPanels Tariffs Will Not Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs New Solar Tariffs Needlessly Make Solar More Expensive Solar Industry Braces For Job Losses As Trump Puts Fees On Imported Panels Trump-Imposed Tariffs Claim First Victim as Solar Company Halts Hiring, $20 Million Expansion Some N.H. Solar Installers Say Trump's New Tariff Is Bad For Business  Trump's Policies Are Costing 10K Jobs in America's Solar Power Industry, Says Study

Like me, the co-founder of a leading Maine solar installer sees Trump's tariffs as an attack on renewable energy, plain & simple. Read what Phil Coupe of @revisionsolar had to say at: https://t.co/fejdnEkUiz #mepolitics pic.twitter.com/QJ905IBbLc

— Chellie Pingree (@chelliepingree) January 23, 2018

As a solar company, we are devastated to learn Trump has imposed a 30% tariff on solar panels virtually killing the solar industry. Solar employs more people than coal and oil combined. today's decision will cause the loss of roughly 23,000 American jobs this year.

— Eugene Wilkie (@NOW1SOLAR) January 22, 2018