• Climate Justice

Contrary to a popular narrative, the era of fossil fuels is not over yet. As the last Trade Unions for Energy Democracy Working Paper, “Energy Transition: Are We Winning?,” demonstrated, modern renewables like wind and solar are expanding, but they are not displacing coal, oil, and gas. The energy transition we need is not going […]

• Climate Justice

In the wake of climate-change-denier Donald Trump’s election, there is not much optimism among those fighting against catastrophic climate change. It seems unlikely, to say the least, that the United States will assume a position of international leadership in developing a carbon-neutral energy system. Indeed, Trump’s commitment to coal, pipelines, and fracking means that even […]

• Climate Justice

It is a cruelly ironic aspect of the climate crisis that those countries that have contributed the least greenhouse gas emissions are facing the greatest impacts. This inequality between countries is mirrored within countries. Those most responsible for warming the planet—the wealthy and powerful—will not be the ones who bear the consequences. Even though the […]