by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 23, 2024 | Articles
Jennifer Krill, Executive Director of Earthworks and a member of the LNS board issued this statement in response to Donald Trump’s re-election: “The consequences of this election are clear for those on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Low-income communities and...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 23, 2024 | Articles
On November 20 LNS launched The Green New Deal from Below by its co-founder and senior strategic advisor Jeremy Brecher. At the launch event Jeremy said that, while the Green New Deal has languished five years in Congress, community groups, unions, city and state...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 23, 2024 | Articles
On the day after the elections, 50,000 people joined a four-hour on-line event to plan how to respond. Sponsored by more than 200 organizations, the call heard from leaders of dozens of progressive groups, including the presidents of the Service Employees...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 23, 2024 | Articles
According to a roundup in Inside Climate News, at least five of six climate change ballot measures were passed in the recent elections. In the state of Washington voters rejected a measure to overturn the state’s Climate Commitment Act which authorized program to...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 23, 2024 | Articles
The state of Massachusetts has announced grants to 13 Regional Transit Authorities to provide year-round, fare free public transportation services. The program grows out of pilot free transit programs that have been running since the start of the COVID pandemic. In...
