{"id":504,"date":"2015-07-06T16:51:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T16:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njfac.wordpress.com\/?page_id=504"},"modified":"2024-05-27T14:45:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:45:20","slug":"environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment &#038; Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Green Jobs for All: A step toward a sustainable environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/njfac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/GreenJobs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Green Jobs For All: Two Crises, One Solution<\/strong><\/a>&#8212; 2 Page Flyer on green jobs legislation, updated 10\/15 [PDF]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/besi.berkeley.edu\/video-brett-christophers-the-price-is-wrong-why-capitalism-wont-save-the-planet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won\u2019t Save The Planet\u201d<\/a> What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables is too expensive, but that saving the planet is not sufficiently profitable? Christophers, BESI 3\/24<\/p>\n<p class=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2020\/05\/22\/greening-the-old-new-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Greening the Old New Deal<\/a>,<span class=\"post_author\"> Roelofs, Counterpunch 5\/20<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"container-fluid page-header__hero-title\">\n<div class=\"row padding-reset\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-9 \">\n<div class=\"field field-name-title field--title\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/circular-economy\/pdf\/new_circular_economy_action_plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Circular Economy Action Plan<\/a>, European Com. 3\/20<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/strategy\/priorities-2019-2024\/european-green-deal_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A European Green Deal: Striving to be the first climate-neutral continent<\/a>, European Com. 12\/19<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv7985922603content__headline \"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/aug\/01\/fossil-fuel-subsidy-cash-pay-green-energy-transition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash &#8216;could pay for green transition&#8217; 8\/19<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/article\/the-big-blue-gap-in-the-green-new-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The big blue gap in the Green New Deal<\/a>,<span class=\"article-meta__byline\"> Johnson et al, Grist 7\/<\/span><span class=\"article-meta__date\">19<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.populareconomics.org\/the-disconnect-between-economics-and-climate-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The disconnect between economics and climate science<\/a>, Hansen &amp; Boyce, Popular Economist 4\/19<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/18strategies.labor4sustainability.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18 Strategies for a Green New Deal<\/a>, Brecher, Labor Network for Sustainability 2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"article-header\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1jxUzp9SZ6-VB-4wSm8sselVMsqWZrSrYpYC9slHKLzo\/edit#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green New Deal Draft Text<\/a>, written by Ocasio-Cortez staff, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunrisemovement.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunrise Movement<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justicedemocrats.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justice Democrats<\/a>, &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/newconsensus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Consensus<\/a> 1\/19<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/livingnewdeal.org\/green-new-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Green New Deal<\/a>, Living New Deal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"article-header\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/articles\/2019\/01\/five-big-ideas-for-green-new-deal\">Five Big Ideas for a Green New Deal<\/a>, Beachy 1\/19<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ineteconomics.org\/perspectives\/collections\/is-green-growth-possible-a-debate\">Is Green Growth Possible? A Debate<\/a>, INET 12\/18<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/sites\/reliefweb.int\/files\/resources\/Counting_the_Cost-pdf.pdf\">Counting The Cost: A Year of Climate Breakdown,<\/a> Christian Aid, 12\/18<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/opinion-green-new-deal-cost_us_5c0042b2e4b027f1097bda5b\">We Can Pay For A Green New Deal<\/a> Kelton et al, Huffington, 11\/18<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforprogress.org\/green-new-deal\/\">A Green New Deal<\/a>, Carlock et al, Data for Progress 9\/18<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/green-jobs-for-all\/\" class=\"blc-broken-link\" data-blc-broken=\"1\">Green Jobs for All<\/a>, by Trudy Goldberg,\u00a0presentation at Left Forum,\u00a05\/15<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry_title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsnews.net\/2018\/09\/q-switching-renewable-energy-sources-no-longer-matter-morality-economics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Switching to Renewable Energy Sources is No Longer a Matter of Morality, But of Economics<\/a>, Arroyo, IPS 9\/18<\/p>\n<p class=\"node__title managed-node-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2017\/07\/17\/planet-warming-and-its-okay-be-afraid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Planet Is Warming. And It&#8217;s Oka<\/strong>y to Be Afraid<\/a>, Salamon 7\/17 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theclimatemobilization.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Mobilization<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/njfac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/RosarioLaborCombatEnviroInjustice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Labor Combatting Environmental Injustice-Intro,\u00a0<\/a><\/strong> Rosario<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labor4sustainability.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NLF541793_REV1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>If Not Now, When?<\/strong> <strong>A Labor Movement Plan to Address Climate Change<\/strong><\/a> Brecher et al, <em>New Labor Forum,<\/em> Fall 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2015\/may\/18\/fossil-fuel-companies-getting-10m-a-minute-in-subsidies-says-imf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Fossil fuels subsidised by $10m a minute, says IMF<\/strong><\/a> 5\/15<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peri.umass.edu\/publication\/item\/585-green-growth-a-u-s-program-for-controlling-climate-change-and-expanding-job-opportunities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Green Growth<\/strong>: A U.S. Program for Controlling Climate Change<\/a> &amp; Expanding Job Opportunities, PERI, Pollin et al, 9\/14<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/newclimateeconomy.report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Better Growth, Better Climate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--summary\">\n<p class=\"m-detail--hed ng-binding wordcount-5-10\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psmag.com\/business-economics\/the-future-of-work-consider-the-changing-climate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Future of Work: Consider the Changing Climate<\/a> <\/strong>Juliet B. Schor 11\/<time class=\"ng-binding ng-isolate-scope\" title=\"Nov 2, 2015\" datetime=\"2015-11-02T07:00\">15<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2015\/11\/we-need-an-energy-miracle\/407881\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>We Need an Energy Miracle<\/strong><\/a> [and government should help\u2013\u201cit\u2019s about American innovation, American jobs, American leadership\u201d] Bill Gates, Atlantic, 11\/15<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2014-11-26\/six-myths-about-climate-change-that-liberals-rarely-question\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Six Myths about Climate Change <\/strong><\/a><strong>That Liberals Rarely Question<\/strong>, Lindberg, 11\/14<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/08\/03\/upshot\/shattering-myths-to-help-the-climate.html?ref=energy-environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Shattering Myths to Help the Climate<\/strong><\/a>, Frank, <em>New York Times,<\/em> 8\/3\/14<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/sheila-d-collins\/obamas-lost-opportunity-a_b_5493156.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obama&#8217;s Lost Opportunity, and Ours<\/a><\/strong>, Collins and Goldberg, <em>Huffington Post,<\/em> 8\/14<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/sheila-d-collins\/what-it-will-take-to-tack_b_5161348.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>What it Will Take to Tackle the Climate Crisis<\/strong>, <\/a>Collins &amp; Goldberg, <em>Huffington Post,<\/em> 6\/14<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/gertrude-schaffner-goldberg\/leaving-something-to-futu_b_5333221.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Leaving Something to Future Generations<\/strong>:<\/a> A Climate Change Challenge, Goldberg &amp; Collins, <em>Huffington Post,<\/em> 4\/14<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2014\/04\/03\/251074\/why-we-cant-just-adapt-to-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Why We Can&#8217;t Just Adapt to Climate Change<\/strong><\/a>, Reilly 4\/14<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2013\/08\/23\/176667\/leaked-climate-report-a-reminder-of-technologys-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Leaked Climate Report Points to Technology&#8217;s Lack of Progress<\/strong><\/a> 8\/13<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/labor\/news\/2007\/11\/06\/3693\/green-jobs-by-the-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Jobs by the Numbers<\/a>, <\/strong>CAP, 11\/07<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.levyinstitute.org\/pubs\/pn05_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Case for an Envionmentally Sustainable Jobs Program<\/a> <\/strong>Mathew Forstater, Levy Instit. 2005<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/one-million-climate-change-jobs-now\/\">One Million Climate Change Jobs Now, <\/a>Campaign against Climate Change trade union group<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citizensclimatelobby.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Citizens Climate Lobby<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peri.umass.edu\/research-areas\/environmental-and-energy-economics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Environmental and Energy Economics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epi.org\/research\/green-economics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Green Economics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peri.umass.edu\/publication\/item\/292-green-recovery-a-program-to-create-good-jobs-start-building-a-low-carbon-economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Recovery:<\/a><\/strong> A Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy, Pollin et al.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/greencar\/\">Fighting for &#8216;made in the USA&#8217;<\/a> <\/strong>[green car batteries]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laborcenter.berkeley.edu\/green-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Labor Center, UC Berkeley, Center on the Green Economy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Jobs for All: A step toward a sustainable environment. Green Jobs For All: Two Crises, One Solution&#8212; 2 Page Flyer on green jobs legislation, updated 10\/15 [PDF] \u201cThe Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won\u2019t Save The Planet\u201d What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables is too expensive, but that saving the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/environment\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Environment &#038; Jobs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14002,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504\/revisions\/14002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}