Climate Strikes
Black Lives and Clean Energy
Cobalt is essential for electric vehicle batteries, and much of that cobalt comes from the Congo.
When Driving Is Not An Option
Hear author and disability advocate Anna Zivarts discuss her new book, When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency.
War’s Impact on Climate
According to a just-released study, the climate cost of the first two years of Russia-Ukraine war was greater than the annual greenhouse gas emissions generated individually by 175 countries, including the Netherlands, Venezuela, and Kuwait.
Climate Change: In Case You Haven’t Heard…
According to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the current rate of increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is ten times faster than at any point in the last 50,000 years.
Freedom of Speech is a Labor Issue
University Unions United for Free Speech recently issued this statement, endorsed by 29 academic union locals…
Champions: Rev. James Lawson, Jr.
Rev. James Lawson died June 10 at 95. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. called Lawson “the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence in the world.”
“The Whole World Is in a Terrible State o’ Chassis”
This is the first of a series of Strike! Commentaries on the “Polycrisis and the Global Green New Deal.” The term “polycrisis” is increasingly being used to describe an era in which multiple crises collide – in particular, our present era. The first set of Commentaries in this series examine geopolitics and war in the era of polycrisis.
LNS Spotlight: Shontaé Cannon-Buckley
Shontaé Cannon-Buckley is the Member Relations Manager at US Climate Action Network, of which LNS is a member, and recently was the lead organizer of the 2024 Midwest Regional Meeting, at which union members and climate and environmental justice organizers shared knowledge and built power for a sustainable midwest and beyond.
No to School Austerity, Yes to Green Public Investment
LNS organizer Oren Kadosh recently provided testimony to the Board of the Cincinnati Public Schools district on green investment alternatives to education budget cuts.
California Labor for Climate Jobs Day of Action
California Labor for Climate Jobs held their first ever Lobby Day in Sacramento, California in early May, calling for the California Worker Climate Bill of Rights. The coalition of 15 unions represents more than one million workers across the state, organizing for a worker-led transition to a just and climate-safe economy.