May 15, 2015 By Jeremy Brecher Originally Printed in The Nation UNIONS-LED ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE HAS PROLIFERATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY Under banners proclaiming “Healthy Planet & Good Jobs,” thousands of trade unionists from 75 local and national unions, highly visible in their red, blue, green, and white union uniforms, joined the People’s Climate March… Read More »
PROTECTING THE FUTURE: A STRATEGIC PROPOSAL TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE
April 21, 2015 By Jeremy Brecher On the weekend of September 21, 2014, people in 162 countries joined 2,646 events to demand global reductions in the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are generating climate catastro- phe. An estimated forty thousand marched in London; thirty thousand in Melbourne; and twenty-five thousand in Paris. Some four hundred… 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 »
BUILDING PEOPLE POWER BEFORE THE PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT
March 5, 2015 by Jeremy Brecher Since international climate negotiations began a quarter of a century ago, annual greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 60 percent. As we approach yet another climate summit this November in Paris, the question for the climate protection movement is not just, can some kind of agreement be reached, but… Read More »
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