by Ming | Nov 23, 2010 | Just Transition, Politics of Climate Change, post
[by Brendan Smith; Cross-Posted with HuffingtonPost.com] I am not an environmentalist. But all I think about these days is the climate crisis. I admit I have arrived late to the party. Only recently have I begun to realize what others have known for decades: The...
by Ming | Nov 4, 2010 | Just Transition, Labor and Climage Action, Uncategorized
[by the Labor Network for Sustainability; a footnoted version is available here.] With the collapse of climate protection legislation in Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency is stepping in to regulate the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate...
by Ming | Oct 3, 2010 | Just Transition, Labor and Climage Action, post
On 10/10/10 thousands of organizations around the world will be holding a GLOBAL WORK PARTY for the “BIGGEST DAY OF PRACTICAL ACTION TO CUT CARBON THAT THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.” The climate protection movement 350.org is especially encouraging unions and...
by Ming | Sep 29, 2010 | Just Transition, post
By Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher Breakdown at Copenhagen. Climate legislation stalled. EPA regulation of greenhouse gasses threatened. Is climate protection dead? Maybe not. Climate protection has gone local. Political leaders may fiddle while the world burns, but...
by Ming | Jul 6, 2010 | Just Transition, post
The meeting you probably heard about: At the end of June, leaders from the world’s richest and largest countries met in Toronto, Canada. As the global economy festered in its worst crisis since the 1930s, as poverty and unemployment tormented growing millions,...
by Ming | Jun 10, 2010 | Just Transition, post
“The California Jobs Initiative.” Sounds like a good idea. After all, California’s unemployment rate is now over twelve percent. But there’s something a little funny here. Turns out that the main financial backers of the “California...
