by BrendanS | Dec 13, 2013 | Politics of Climate Change, Uncategorized
Scientists and climate protection advocates once expected that rational leaders and institutions would respond appropriately to the common threat of climate change. As Bill McKibben said of Jim Hansen and himself, “I think he thought, as did I, If we get this...
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 | Sep 30, 2013 | Politics of Climate Change, post
LNS’s Jeremy Brecher and AIDS policy expert Kevin Fisher maintain in a new commentary in NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE that governments have ceased any serious individual or collective effort for climate protection. Yet there is no vehicle or venue to draw together...
by BrendanS | Sep 30, 2013 | Jobs and Climate, Local Organizing, post
The Connecticut AFL-CIO has approved a resolution affirming that “climate change poses a direct threat to the well being of the lives and livelihoods of working people in Connecticut, the United States, and the world” and calling for bold action to...
by BrendanS | Aug 26, 2013 | Politics of Climate Change, Uncategorized
[by Jeremy Brecher] The summer of 1988 was long and hot. One scorching day I casually said to a deliveryman, “Awfully hot.” He responded, “I talk with old-timers who can’t remember anything like it in 60, 70 years.” He continued,...
