Over the past couple of years, the American labor movement has become an enthusiastic supporter of expanding “green jobs” that fight global warming. But policies to reduce carbon emissions to levels scientists say are safe have been a harder pill to swallow. Now, in a significant breakthrough, three significant unions have come out [...]

This week, just in time for the Copenhagen climate convention, the annual Global Climate Risk Index was released, telling how vulnerable each country in the world is to the costs of climate change.   Guess who was number one in financial losses from climate change? The United States. Surprised?  There’s a reason you haven’t heard much about [...]

The Labor Network for Sustainability (LNS) released a White Paper today arguing that current House and Senate climate bills do not do enough to protect workers, and laying out an alternative strategy for worker protection. The White Paper, Climate Legislation Must Provide a Just Transition for Workers, kicks of the LNS’s campaign to strengthen provisions for [...]

Calling all labor movement climate and sustainability activists: The Labor Network for Sustainability needs you — And you need it. Are you in the labor movement?  Are you concerned about a sustainable future?  Climate change?  Economic justice?  If so, you should know about the Labor Network for Sustainability. The LNFS was launched in October, 2009 by labor [...]