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Boilermaker-Reporter-V58N1.Pdf The official publication of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers, AFL-CIO/CLC THE REPORTER JANUARY-MARCH 2019 AF FILI CLC Volume 58 | Number 1 ATED ~ AFL-CIO, What’s cooking at Vulcan? Perfection. RESPONSIBLE. I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR MY ACTIONS. I WILL DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. I AM A BOILERMAKER. LIVE THE CODE. ToTo learnlearn moremore aboutabout TheThe BoilermakerBoilermaker Code,Code, visitvisit BoilermakerCode.comBoilermakerCode.com THE contents JANUARY-MARCH 2019 Volume 58, Number 1 NEWTON B. JONES features: International President and Editor-in-Chief WILLIAM T. CREEDEN International Secretary-Treasurer PROFILE: L-92’s Oscar Davila INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS Working for a dream in America Lawrence McManamon, Great Lakes Joe Maloney, Canada J. Tom Baca, Western States Warren Fairley, Southeast John T. Fultz, Northeast EDITORIAL STAFF Amy Wiser 18 Managing Editor New Welding Boot Camp equips Emily Allen workers for field construction Writer-Editor Cynthia Stapp Writer-Editor Mary Echols Publications Specialist Tim Canon 22 Webmaster Jim Phillips amasses 60-year antler collection The Boilermaker Reporter ISSN No. 1078-4101 is the official publication of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, 27 and Helpers, AFL-CIO/CLC. It is published quarterly to disseminate information of use and interest to its members. Submissions from members, local lodges, and subordinate or affiliated bodies are welcomed and encouraged. This publication is mailed free of charge to active members and retired members holding a Retired departments: Members Card. Others may subscribe for the price of $10 for three years. Standard Mail (A) postage paid at COMMENTARY ...................................... 2 Kansas City, Kan., and additional mailing offices. EDUCATION & TRAINING .................... 22 Web site: www.boilermakers.org CanadaPost Agreement : PM 41892512 LOCAL NEWS ........................................27 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: IN MEMORIAM.....................................32 [email protected] The Boilermaker Reporter 753 State Avenue, Suite 565 Kansas City, KS 66101 on the cover: (913) 371-2640; FAX (913) 281-8110 Mark Campbell, fabrication TIG welder, inspects his work after TIG For more articles, photos, video and welding a convection oven outer door resources, visit us online at skin that will hold window glass. www.boilermakers.org SEE STORY 15 LIKE US FOLLOW US SUBSCRIBE TO US THE REPORTER © 1 COMMENTARY No deal for Green New Deal BOILERMAKERS.ORG © “The time has come to put our best minds at work and finally address the challenges of climate change responsibly and rationally.” NEWTON B. JONES International President JANUARY-MARCH 2019 JANUARY-MARCH Plan would ruin U.S. economy, fail to hundreds of pharmaceutical products, kerosene for portable mitigate climate change heaters, propane for backyard barbecues or home heating, THE GREEN NEW Deal, introduced in the U.S. House as golf balls, refrigerators, paint or hundreds of other products a non-binding resolution Feb. 7, is a wildly unrealistic and used in our everyday lives. unworkable proposal for mitigating climate change by radi- Imagine the impact on the U.S. economy and society: cally remaking America’s economy and society. • Closing all coal mines, oil fields and refineries The proposal calls for a transition to 100 percent renew- • Shutting down or retooling factories able energy by 2030, abruptly ending the use of traditional energy sources including coal, natural gas and petroleum. It • Scrapping planes, ships, locomotives, semis and other ignores promising technologies that could help decarbonize vehicles that run on fossil fuels or reconfiguring them major sources of greenhouse gas emissions. And, despite its to run on an alternate fuel great cost ($51 trillion to $93 trillion by some estimates), • Shuttering U.S. power plants that run on natural gas, it would fail to achieve any significant impact on global coal and oil (63 percent of all power generation) climate change. Such an upheaval would throw millions out of work or The plan, which also includes an extraordinary amount push them into retraining for other jobs envisioned by the of social re-engineering, would devastate the U.S. economy, proposal — assuming those jobs existed in sufficient quan- weaken the nation’s ability to compete globally, and destroy American jobs. tity. And those new jobs may not pay as much or offer the Surprisingly, the resolution, sponsored by Rep. Alexandria same level of benefits. Based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14th) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Labor Statistics, it is estimated that up to 9.2 million direct has received substantial political support, with 67 co-spon- and indirect jobs in just 14 energy-intensive industries would sors in the House and 11 in the Senate. Seven presidential be severely at risk if the plan were implemented. candidates have also endorsed it. While the Green New Deal promotes programs for “just transition,” which essentially look to offset job losses with Abandoning fossil fuels would have far-reaching retraining or financial assistance, such programs have never consequences been demonstrated on such a national scale. They cannot CONSIDER THE RAMIFICATIONS of shifting com- guarantee that working families will be left economically pletely away from fossil fuels in 10 years as proposed under sound. Green New Deal jobs may not be available where the Green New Deal: workers currently live, requiring them to relocate. Workers No more natural gas, oil or coal. No cars, trucks, SUVs or may not want to give up their careers, especially after years farm equipment that run on gasoline or diesel. No diesel- of training and experience that have positioned them to powered trains. No aircraft that use jet fuel. No outboard own a home and help put their kids through college. And motors for fishing or leisure boats. No gas stoves, gas hot those who are near the end of their careers would have dif- water heaters or gas furnaces. No products derived from or ficulty transitioning to something much different than their that use petroleum: asphalt for roads, coke for steel-making, current occupations. 2 © THE REPORTER FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT JANUARY-MARCH 2019 JANUARY-MARCH Just transition may be “just” to those whose jobs are not climate models suggest that the Green New Deal would at risk, but for those facing major industry upheavals, the reduce future warming by at most 0.14 degree C by 2100. path to a new career is often unclear, the outcome uncertain. Of course, the United States does not control the emis- Workers who have completed an apprentice program or sions of other nations. Some 1,500 coal-fired power plants otherwise dedicated years of their lives in a craft don’t want are even now being built or are planned around the world. to see their skill sets devalued or be thrown into junior posi- Nothing America does alone will slow these develop- tions in a new occupation. ments. New coal-fired and gas-fired capacity by other coun- © And communities impacted by the loss of power plants, tries would likely offset any carbon emission reductions BOILERMAKERS.ORG refineries and manufacturing facilities — often a major achieved though the Green New Deal. Shutting down car- source of tax revenue for basic services — would also face bon emissions in the U.S. merely invites a proportional major economic challenges. Where will the money come increase in emissions abroad. from to support towns and small cities impacted by the Moreover, should the United States keep fossil fuels in Green New Deal? the ground, it would give up billions of dollars in annual oil and gas exports along with related jobs and tax revenue. Whether nuclear power remains in the energy mix remains unclear. Although nuclear energy is not mentioned Dozens of states from Appalachia to the Gulf Coast to the in the resolution put before Congress, other documents — Rocky Mountain region are critically dependent on fossil including an FAQ from the office of Ocasio-Cortez (later energy for jobs and for state and local tax revenues. retracted) and a January 10 letter to Congress from envi- Going it alone may seem like a noble undertaking to Green New Deal proponents who argue that the United ronmental groups — clearly call for an end to new nuclear States should abandon fossil fuel use to set the example power plants. for other nations to follow. But is that realistic? Would Green New Deal ignores essential technologies other countries remake their economies and their soci- like CCUS ety because the United States chose to do so — or would they take advantage of America’s absence in the fossil fuel THE UNITED NATIONS Intergovernmental Panel on markets to even more quickly expand their use of those Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on fuels to our disadvantage? the subject, recognizes that carbon capture, use and storage Globally, 80 percent of the world’s energy is derived from must play a key role in decarbonizing the world’s electric fossil fuels. In recent years, nations with developing econo- power generation and other industry. Without CCUS, mies have invested heavily in power plants, mines, refiner- meeting climate goals could be twice as costly. ies, ports and pipelines to expand their access to coal and Yet, the Green New Deal ignores the advice of the IPCC petroleum. These countries are not likely to strand their and other organizations such as the International Energy investments because the United States chooses to do so. Agency (IEA) and instead adopts the “leave it in the ground” If we are to really make a difference, we should prioritize, position often promoted by radical environmentalists. invest in and scale up carbon capture, use and storage tech- Technologies that can achieve high levels of carbon cap- nologies to slash emissions from fossil fuel use and indus- ture, up to 100 percent of emissions, must not be summarily trial processes, and we should export those technologies dismissed.
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