June 7, 2014 By Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher Not worried about climate change? How about the health of you and your family?For decades the public health community has been trying to get us to understand that climate change affects the fundamental requirements for health – clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure… Read More »
JOBS BEYOND COAL: A MANUAL FOR COMMUNITIES, WORKERS, AND ENVIRONMENTISTS
February 10, 2013 This manual is intended for anyone—communities, unions, environmentalists, native tribes, public officials, and others—involved with or affected by the retirement of coal-fired power plants. It is designed as a guide for those who wish to make the transition away from coal in a way that is most beneficial and least threatening… Read More »
PIPELINE TO CLIMATE DISASTER: THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE AND LABOR
June 29, 2011 by Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher More than two million American construction workers — nearly one in five — are currently unemployed. Factories that produce building materials are operating at only half their capacity. So when a private company proposes a project that it claims will spur the creation of 118,000 new… Read More »
CITING JOBS AND ENVIRONMENT, MORE UNIONS BACKING EPA
April 21, 2011 At the start of 2011, as the energy corporations, the US Chamber of Commerce, and the Tea Party right launched their assault on environmental protection and the EPA, it looked like public opinion and organized labor might just be swept along. Instead, much of the public and the labor movement have… Read More »