by BrendanS | Jun 10, 2014 | Articles, Just Transition
[By Brendan Smith, Jeremy Brecher and Kristen Sheeran] The stunning success of the fossil fuel divestment movement has caught many of us off-guard. Almost daily, new universities and foundations are committing to redirecting their endowments from companies that are...
by BrendanS | Apr 22, 2014 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Just Transition, Politics of Climate Change
[by Jeremy Brecher, original posted at the Nation.com] In an era in which our political system is dominated by plutocracy, grassroots social movements are essential for progressive change. But too often our movements find themselves at loggerheads over the seemingly...
by BrendanS | Feb 5, 2014 | Jobs and Climate, Just Transition, Politics of Climate Change, Uncategorized
[by Brendan Smith, May Boeve and and Kristen Sheeran] In the coming months, President Obama will decide whether to approve the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport crude tar-sands oil from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico. We know that the pipeline...
by BrendanS | Nov 18, 2013 | Jobs and Climate, Just Transition, Politics of Climate Change, Reports
According to a new report released today by the E3 Network and the Labor Network for Sustainability, replacing aging wastewater, drinking water, and gas distribution pipes in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas can create more jobs and better jobs in...
by BrendanS | Jun 14, 2013 | Just Transition, Uncategorized
[Editor’s Note: Indigenous peoples, communities of color, and working-class white communities are among the hardest hit by the floods, heat waves, storms, droughts, and other results of climate change. At the same time they experience disproportionate rates of...
by BrendanS | May 4, 2013 | Just Transition, post
[by Jeremy Brecher] It happens over and over again. A company proposes some big project, environmentalists oppose it, but unions say it will create jobs. Or a government agency proposes new regulations, environmentalists say it will halt pollution, but unions say it...
