The New AFL-CIO Stand on Climate Change What Does It Mean for Labor and for the Climate? by Jeremy Brecher At its Quadrennial Convention in late October, the AFL-CIO unanimously adopted a resolution on “Climate Change, Energy, and Union Jobs.” [https://aflcio.org/resolutions/resolution-55-climate-change-energy-and-union-jobs]…
UNDER PRESSURE, PRUITT AND TRUMP BUCKLE, WITHDRAW ATTACKS ON SAFEGUARDS AGAINST SMOG POLLUTION Implementation of the 2015 smog pollution standard is a victory for science and public health Thursday, August 3, 2017 Contact: Brian Willis: 202.675.2386, Brian.Willis@sierraclub.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late…
DEEP Commissioner Says He Wants Millstone To Open Its Books –By PATRICK SKAHILL • JUL 26, 2017– WNPR — DEEP Commissioner Rob Klee — CHION WOLF / WNPR The future of Connecticut’s only nuclear power plant is again in question. State officials are ordering a months-long…
Fracking Waste Ban Stalls in the Senate, But Connecticut Towns Move Forward By Jennifer Siskind, Food & Water Watch The movement to ban toxic, radioactive drilling waste has spread to communities across the state. But that grassroots momentum wasn’t enough…
Do the Math: How Much Trump Could Raise U.S. Carbon Emissions A detailed analysis shows how much more CO2 each of Trump’s climate policy changes would send into the atmosphere By Annie Sneed, Scientific American Pres. Donald Trump has said…
The Risks of U.S. Inaction on Climate Change Via NYTimes To the Editor: Re “Fighting Trump on Climate, California Becomes a Global Force” (“Runaway State” series, front page, May 25): Climate change is not an us-versus-them issue; it affects all…
Advocates say cutting Connecticut energy efficiency funds a mistake By Luther Turmelle, The Middletown Press, 05/17/17 Officials with a regional energy and environmental advocacy group say diverting money from Connecticut’s energy efficiency programs to help balance the state’s budget will cause…
Will Connecticut Finally Ban Fracking Waste? Grassroots activists have pushed lawmakers to act, and a final vote might come soon. We all need safe food and clean water. By Jennifer Siskind 05.11.17 On May 9, the General Assembly Representatives voted…