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Workers Say They Breathe Polluted Air at “Green” Insulation Facility

clean air, climate, Health & Safety / By max cyril

Kingspan employees in Santa Ana, California are demanding improved health protections—and a fair process to organize. As the acceptance of climate change becomes increasingly commonplace, more and more companies will be created or adapted to ?“fight” or ?“solve” it — or, at the very least, minimize its effects. Kingspan Group, which began as an engineering and contracting business …

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Why Every Job in the Renewable Energy Industry Must Be a Union Job

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Union Membership, unions / By max cyril

We need millions of union jobs that are good for both workers and the climate. The renewable energy industry in the United States is booming. Prior to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has put millions out of work, over 3 million people worked in clean energy?—?far more than those who worked in the fossil fuel industry. …

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Climate Activists Can’t Afford to Ignore Labor. A Shuttered Refinery in Philly Shows Why.

Leave a Comment / Climate Change / By max cyril

In the early morning hours of June 21, 2019, a catastrophic explosion tore through the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) oil refinery in the southwest section of Philadelphia. The training and quick thinking of refinery workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 10-1, averted certain disaster and saved millions of lives. One month later, on July 21, …

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Cities Aren’t Waiting for a Federal Green New Deal

Leave a Comment / Climate Change / By max cyril

In 1992, recognizing that not all countries had contributed equally to the climate crisis, parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change codified the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities.” This framework insists that developed countries “take the lead in combating climate change” by transitioning to clean energy more rapidly, in order to …

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Our Climate Choice: Thrive, or Barely Survive?

Leave a Comment / Climate Change / By max cyril

Have you ever wondered why so many hundreds of thousands of kids around the world are suddenly passionate climate advocates? The flip answer is that they looked out their windows. The more rigorous answer can be found in the 2019 Lancet Countdown, just released, which offers an annual snapshot of how climate disruption is affecting our health. According to the …

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Workers Say They Breathe Polluted Air at “Green” Insulation Facility

Why Every Job in the Renewable Energy Industry Must Be a Union Job

Climate Activists Can’t Afford to Ignore Labor. A Shuttered Refinery in Philly Shows Why.

Cities Aren’t Waiting for a Federal Green New Deal

Our Climate Choice: Thrive, or Barely Survive?

8 Unions Have a Plan for Climate Action—But It Doesn’t Mention Fighting the Fossil Fuel Industry

Maine’s Green New Deal bill first in country to be backed by labor unions

Polar Vortex Shows How Incarcerated Workers Are Bearing the Brunt of Extreme Weather

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