by BrendanS | Mar 6, 2015 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, LNS News, Local Organizing, post
While global cooperation is required to address global warming, national governments are so far failing to adopt the necessary agreements and policies. Therefore people and governments have had to take the initiative for protecting the climate by reducing greenhouse...
by BrendanS | Jan 20, 2015 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Local Organizing, post, Reports
[Like other states, Connecticut has an electric system based on a one-way flow of energy from a central generating stations to consumers — and this model is now obsolete. It is failing to capture new opportunities for distributed renewable energy, and it is...
by BrendanS | Aug 22, 2014 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Local Organizing
Eight Connecticut labor organizations, including the state AFL-CIO, have endorsed the People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday, September 21: 32BJ SEIU CT American Federation of Teachers – CT CT AFL-CIO CT Education Association CT State Council...
by BrendanS | Sep 30, 2013 | Jobs and Climate, Local Organizing, post
The Connecticut AFL-CIO has approved a resolution affirming that “climate change poses a direct threat to the well being of the lives and livelihoods of working people in Connecticut, the United States, and the world” and calling for bold action to...
by BrendanS | Apr 6, 2013 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Local Organizing, post
As unemployment and hard times lead many to believe the issue is “protecting jobs vs. protecting the environment,” labor, religious, environmental, and community leaders in Connecticut decided to join together proactively to fight for job-creating climate...
