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The Climate Movement Doesn’t Know How to Talk With Union Members About Green Jobs
Brown, Alleen
http://theintercept.com/2020/03/09/climate-labor-movements-unions-green-new-deal/Date Written: 2020-03-09 Publisher: The Intercept Year Published: 2020 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX24063 Throughout the Democratic primary, the potential loss of good construction and fossil fuel industry jobs has helped prevent moderate Democratic candidates, including frontrunner Joe Biden, from taking policy positions that would aggressively confront the fossil fuel industry and the climate crisis. Whoever opposes Donald Trump in the general election will face a politics of climate denial built on an empty but alluring promise of job security in the oil, gas, and coal industries. Subject Headings |