August 7, 2015 By Jeremy Brecher The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just issued the final text of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), a regulation whose purpose is to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) that climate scientists say are causing global warming. EPA and independent studies indicate that the CPP will create far more… Read More »
THE EPA’S CLEAN POWER PLAN, JOBS, AND LABOR: Briefing paper for trade unionists
July 27, 2015 By Jeremy Brecher EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The overall effect of the EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan will be to increase total jobs by about 360,000 through 2020. The CPP will continue to increase jobs through 2030. The CPP represents only a small proportion of the jobs that could be created by climate protection… Read More »
A U.S. PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXPANDING JOB OPPORTUNITIES: A REVIEW OF A PROPOSAL BY ROBERT POLLIN, HEIDI GARRETT-PELTIER, JAMES HEINTZ AND BRACKEN HENDRICKS
June 15, 2015 By Jeremy Brecher Few have come up with a proposal to reduce greenhouse emissions adequately without a reduction in economic growth, which would mean lost jobs. A proposal by Robert Pollin and colleagues, published by the Center for American Progress, is among the more ambitious. Historian and climate author Jeremy Brecher analyzes… Read More »
CONNECTICUT NEEDS A NEW CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN
March 16, 2015 By Jeremy Brecher 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 gas emissions locally and regionally. Connecticut illustrates a common pattern:… Read More »
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