Global South Unions Search for a “Public Pathway” Approach to Energy Transition
Several decades ago, unions in the Global South were on the cutting edge of societal struggles for democracy, new forms
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110 Degrees in the Truck: Sanitation Workers Deserve Better
Terrill Haigler Photo credit: Hibbard Nash Editor’s Note For this article, New Labor Forum’s “Working-Class Voices” columnist Kressent Pottenger interviewed
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Covid, Climate Change: Is the World Ready for “Global Public Goods”?
Covid-19 has provided a stark reminder that today’s world is both scarred by grotesque levels of inequality and populated by
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Sustaining the Unsustainable: Why Renewable Energy Companies Are Not Climate Warriors
Photo credit: aqua.mech, Creative Commons In the fight to address climate change, renewable energy companies are often assumed to be
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Despite 2020’s record fall in carbon dioxide emissions—largely due to extensive and repeated “lockdowns” of cities, plus dramatic decreases in
Read moreIreland’s Energy System: The Historical Case for Hope in Climate Action
For thirty years, governments have been promising climate action. They seem incapable of undertaking the necessary major shifts in their
Read moreMexico’s Wall of Resistance: Why AMLO’s Fight for Energy Sovereignty Needs Our Support
It has been more than two years since Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known as “AMLO”) began his six-year term as
Read moreGary Was and Todd Allen Reply to Todd Larsen
By Gary S. Was and Todd R. Allen The goal for protecting the climate is simple. Stop putting carbon into
Read moreNuclear Energy Is Not a Climate Solution: Response to Gary S. Was and Todd R. Allen
By Todd Larsen The climate crisis is the greatest challenge facing the world today. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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No Worker Left Behind: Protecting Workers and Communities in the Green New Deal
The transition to a climate-safe economy will produce millions of new jobs. But it will also require the elimination or
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