Climate Strikes

For the first time ever, global average heating exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius for a 12-month period. Climate scientists have declared 2023 the hottest year on record.

Workers in California have allied with environmental, environmental justice, and community groups to move the state closer to a just transition to renewable energy.

The Lead the Charge coalition, a diverse network of local, national, and global advocacy partners working for an equitable, sustainable, and fossil-free auto supply chain, is releasing its 2024 Leaderboard results this month. Their scorecard evaluates over 20 automakers’ efforts to account for,

On February 8, 2024 the AFL-CIO issued this “Statement on the Situation in Israel and Gaza”…

This issue of Making a Living on a Living Planet initiates the new series, “Champions”, featuring current and historic figures who can inspire the struggle for a worker – and climate – safe world.

Transit Equity Day is around the corner, and the Transit Equity Network has already been hard at work preparing for a week’s (and possibly month’s) worth of events!

According to the leading environmental publication Grist, “In 2023, organized labor became core to the climate movement.”

The just-released anthology Power Lines: Building a Labor-Climate Justice Movement features an article by Maria Brescia-Weiler, LNS project manager for young worker organizing and Liz Ratzloff, LNS co-executive director, titled “Young Workers Can Bridge the Labor and Climate Movements.”

Kingspan Campaign Update: Environmental Groups Stand with Workers Calling out Greenwashing