by BrendanS | Feb 20, 2013 | Jobs and Climate, post
by Jeremy Brecher As our country is devastated by more and more severe droughts, floods, fires, and superstorms, the public is demanding regulation of the greenhouse gasses that cause climate change. The corporations that profit from coal, oil, and gas fear such...
by Ming | May 16, 2012 | Infographic, Jobs and Climate, post
LNS and 350.org teamed up to design this infographic exposing the false job creation claims of the fossil fuel industry. Join us in support of the “End Polluter Welfare Act” that would cut $113 billion in subsidies to the coal, oil and gas lobby over the...
by BrendanS | Apr 13, 2012 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, post
[by May Boeve and Brendan Smith; original published by Grist] How many lobbyists does it take to defend billions in subsidies for one of the most profitable industries in the world? 786. That’s the size of the army that oil and gas companies maintain in...
by Ming | Sep 26, 2011 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Just Transition, Labor and Climage Action
[Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith] Climate change has arrived in America. What will it mean for your job? Climate change affecting my job? Many people have never even considered the possibility. They have been misled by false assurances like the testimony of Douglas...
by BrendanS | Jun 29, 2011 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Labor and Climage Action, post
[by Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith] More than two million American construction workers — nearly one in five — are currently unemployed. Factories that produce building materials are operating at only half their capacity. So when a private company...
by Ming | Nov 1, 2010 | Jobs and Climate, post
[By Brendan Smith and Jim Young, National Education Director at the Blue Green Alliance] Climate change is not a far off threat — the impacts are already being felt in California and they’re going to get steadily worse in the coming decades. For more than...
