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 28, 2014 | Local Organizing, Uncategorized
ORGANIZER (Fall/Winter 2014 and Spring 2015) The Labor Network for Sustainability (LNS) is a national organization with a vision of a just transition to full spectrum sustainability (economic, social and environmental). LNS works at the nexus of the labor movement and...
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 | Feb 26, 2014 | Local Organizing, Reports
A study released today by the Labor Network for Sustainability, a member of the Maryland Climate Coalition, finds that Maryland workers are already facing serious consequences from climate change and will face worse consequences if greenhouse gases are not sharply and...
