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In Texas, high schools bet on a bright future for oil and gas careers under Trump

Industry-backed programs are training students for entry-level oil and gas jobs as enrollment in one Midland college pipeline has fallen to 93 this year.

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The fossil fuel industry pumps millions into preparing high schoolers for jobs as lease operators, technicians and more. The president’s call to ‘drill, baby, drill’ has reinvigorated that work.

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In Texas, high schools bet on a bright future for oil and gas careers under Trump

The fossil fuel industry pumps millions into preparing high schoolers for jobs as lease operators, technicians and more. The president’s call to ‘drill, baby, drill’ has reinvigorated that work.

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