by BrendanS | Mar 8, 2010 | Labor-Environmental Cooperation, post
[LNS has been hearing from members that some in the environmental movement have been struggling with how to talk with labor allies about climate change. So we decided to put together some talking points to help enviros jump start these vital conversations. Next up...
by BrendanS | Feb 9, 2010 | Just Transition, Labor-Environmental Cooperation, post
By Joe Uehlein, Labor Network for Sustainability [PDF version of this report is available here] Thousands of “green jobs” have been created by President Obama’s stimulus package; millions more will be created by proposed climate legislation; tens of...
by BrendanS | Jan 28, 2010 | Just Transition, post
by Tim Costello and the Labor Network for Sustainability [PDF version of this report is available here] [“Labor and Climate Change” is a briefing paper that provides activists inside and outside the labor movement a way to understand the interests and...
by BrendanS | Jan 15, 2010 | Labor and Climage Action, post
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...
by BrendanS | Jan 15, 2010 | post
What might our future look like if we fail to address the climate crisis? Rising Global Temperatures: Staggeringly high temperature rise by 2100, especially over land, of up to a 10°F increase over much of the United States and extreme temperatures of up to 122°F...
by BrendanS | Dec 11, 2009 | post
Over 40 top US labor leaders will travel to the UN Climate Change negotiations in Copenhagen next week. The US labor delegation will join hundreds of labor leaders from the international community and thousands of representatives from the environmental, business,...
