May 5, 2009 Editor’s note: This week GLS is posting an article by our colleague Joe Uehlein entitled “Will Workers be Left Behind in the Green Transition?” originally published at TheNation.com. We think this piece is a must read for trade unionists, environmentalists and others struggling to address the impacts of the climate crisis on… Read More »
LABOR’S CHANGING APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE
April 30, 2009 Some unions dissented early from AFL-CIO climate policy. In 1990 the Steelworkers, America’s largest and most diversified manufacturing union with a strong history of environmentalism created an executive board committee on environmental issues and issued a policy statement saying that global warming “may be the single greatest problem we face. Some… Read More »
WORLD LEADERS FIDDLE WHILE THE WORLD BURNS: TIME FOR A NEW CLIMATE STRATEGY
April 29, 2009 Statement by the Labor Network For Sustainability Obama’s climate czar Carol Browner said last week there will be no U.S. climate protection legislation before the Copenhagen conference and that she doesn’t know if a global agreement on binding cuts in greenhouse gas emissions can be made in Copenhagen. She added that… Read More »
HOW THE G-20 CAN PAY FOR A GLOBAL CLIMATE DEAL?
March 30, 2009 The G-20 summit convening in London on April 2 is preparing to create a quarter trillion dollars of brand new stimulus money to help poor countries battle the global recession. World leaders plan to use a little-known form of global currency to pay the freight, a currency known technically as “Special… Read More »
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