I agree. If he hates unemployment, he should kick the EPA and NLRB out of his state and open it up for manufacturing without burdensome regulations.
Maine is a perfect example. Lord knows how many acres of wilderness are off limits to logging and other utilization due to federal regulation.
That doesn’t mean they have to mow all the trees down, just impose reasonable regulations at the state level. In my state of Michigan we have the same problem. We sit on an ocean of natural gas but the federal great lakes directional drilling ban puts much of it off limits.