“For climate policy to be durable and equitable, it needs to deliver for working people with good jobs and more affordable energy.” – @patcrowley401.bsky.social, President of the @riaflcio.bsky.social. #ClimateWeekNYC

CJNRC hosted John Podesta, @whitehouse.senate.gov, @budzinski.house.gov, and @riaflcio.bsky.social's @patcrowley401.bsky.social at @32bjseiu.bsky.social's HQ for a panel discussion on how states can meet the moment with ambitious climate action that centers workers. #ClimateWeekNYC

Big news for workers in New England covered in today's @heatmap.news morning newsletter from @alexckaufman.bsky.social.

To paraphrase Chico Mendes, environmentalism without the labor movement is just gardening, that's why tomorrow I'll be in NYC discussion a climate action agenda for working families. @climateactionri.org @cjnrc.org @americanprogress.bsky.social @aflcio.org

Texas Climate Jobs Project launched a new report that shows how Austin can create hundreds of high-quality local jobs and save millions of dollars every year on energy costs by installing solar panels on city-owned buildings. Read the report here. ⬇️ txclimatejobs.org/reports

Leaders of Climate Jobs Washington penned an op-ed in the @seattletimes.com about the state’s transmission crisis–and why solving it is key to creating good union jobs and delivering affordable power. ⬇️ www.seattletimes.com/opinion/step...

Join us at @climategroup.bsky.social's #ClimateWeekNYC! Hear from John Podesta, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Representative Nikki Budzinski, and Patrick Crowley of the @riaflcio.bsky.social about a climate action agenda that delivers for working people. 💪 Learn more and register here. ⬇️

“Now, it is up to states like ours to step up and lead the way to an energy-independent future that provides New Yorkers with affordable, reliable power and creates family-supporting union jobs.” From LiUNA’s Mike Hellstrom in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social. ⬇️

This #LaborDay, and all year long, unions are leading the fight for a safer, healthier clean energy future.

Building Colorado’s clean energy future must not only create good union jobs, but ensure pathways to lifelong union careers. Learn more about union pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs. ⬇️ www.climatejobsco.org

All climate jobs should be union jobs. We’re a coalition of unions on a mission to build an affordable clean energy economy that puts Coloradans first. ⬇️ climatejobsco.org

Unions in Maine are leading on efforts to build clean energy and create union jobs. More from @publicnewsservice.bsky.social ⬇️

“Together, these ambitious bills put Maine on a pathway to energy independence and affordability, and will create thousands of good-paying Maine jobs,” said Francis Eanes, Executive Director of Maine Labor Climate Council. More from @mainemorningstar.com. ⬇️

In a @bangordailynews.bsky.social op-ed, Maine State Representative Kilton Webb urges Senator Susan Collins to “continue being the leader we need and fix this reckless legislation” by protecting federal clean energy investments and the good union jobs they create.

Wisconsin’s unions are building the clean energy future–and standing up for investments that are creating jobs, lowering costs, and delivering power to our grid. Read Kent Miller, President of the Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council, in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. ⬇️

In a @seattletimes.com op-ed, IBEW Local 46’s Nicole Grant calls on Congress to protect federal energy investments that are helping Washington’s working families. ⬇️ www.seattletimes.com/opinion/prot...

In a @bangordailynews.bsky.social op-ed, Grant Provost calls on Maine’s Congressional leaders to defend federal clean energy tax credits as the budget process plays out in the Senate. ⬇️ www.bangordailynews.com/2025/05/28/o...

“Congress must safeguard critical clean energy incentives that will improve our public schools, support good-paying jobs and reduce energy expenses.” Read more in @bridgemi.com from @meaonline.bsky.social's Brett Smith and @aft.org Michigan's Terrence Martin. ⬇️ www.bridgemi.com/guest-commen...

“Hayley Lawrence, who lives in Augusta, said it would be a ‘mistake’ to take away the tax credits that have helped create jobs for people like her." @mainemorningstar.com on Maine Labor Climate Council’s press conference calling on lawmakers to preserve federal clean energy tax credits. ⬇️

“If we want to create more clean energy projects and family-supporting jobs in our communities, we need all of our federal representatives, including US Rep. James, to protect these investments." Read IBEW Local 58’s Jim Soosik in @planetdetroit.org ⬇️ planetdetroit.org/2025/05/ibew...

Fredy is a second-generation union insulator in Colorado and member of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers (AWIU) Local 28. Learn more about how Fredy and other union members are creating a worker-centered clean energy economy here: cjnrc.org/fredy-r

@heatmap.news spoke with Mike Barnwell of the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights about how unions are leading the fight to preserve federal clean energy investments that have been a game-changer for Michigan workers. ⬇️ heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...

“This is the time for the federal government to step up and help make this vision a reality, to deliver affordability and jobs to our economy... Protect federal incentives for clean energy.” Read @climatejobsco.bsky.social labor leaders in @durangoherald.bsky.social ⬇️

“Repealing or weakening these investments would slam the brakes on job growth… Doing so would be a catastrophic mistake – not just for our environment, but for our workforce, economy, and household energy costs.” @ilaflcio.bsky.social's Pat Devaney writes in @chicago.suntimes.com ⬇️

In a letter to @bangordailynews.bsky.social, Yanel Greene of Ironworkers Local 7 highlights how federal clean energy incentives are making a difference for working families in Maine. ⬇️

Hear from James Harrison, a third generation Utility Workers member, about how federal clean energy incentives are transforming the coal-fired power plant that he, his father, and his grandfather worked at into the region's largest battery storage facility to power Michigan's clean energy future.

Unions in Pennsylvania are taking action in support of federal clean energy investments. In a letter to the Observer-Reporter, Washington-Greene Central Labor Council Secretary Donna Patrina explains what’s at stake for working Pennsylvanians. ⬇️ www.observer-reporter.com/opinion/lett...

Unions and climate jobs coalitions across the country are leading the way to create jobs and build clean energy by championing pro-worker climate action. Stay up-to-date by subscribing to our weekly newsletter: Climate Jobs Beat. ⬇️ cjnrc.org/newsletter

A recent episode of @marketplace.org covered @climatejobsco.bsky.social and the new coalition’s mission: to scale up Colorado’s clean energy economy with good union jobs that support working families. Listen to the full episode. 🎧 www.marketplace.org/2025/02/14/u...

The CJNRC (Climate Jobs National Resource Center) seeks a Staff Attorney. This is a REMOTE position (CJNRC is based in New York). Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @cjnrc.bsky.social

A recent @canarymedia.com story covers the stakes of clean energy investments for manufacturing jobs in Massachusetts, featuring commentary from the projects' union workers. ⬇️ www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

Across the country, unions and climate jobs coalitions are working to build a clean energy future that works for working people. Get the latest news and updates on labor-led climate action by subscribing to our weekly newsletter: Climate Jobs Beat. ⬇️ cjnrc.org/newsletter

Union Energy Pennsylvania held a Faith and Labor Summit in Harrisburg, PA, bringing together labor, faith, and community leaders to build support for investments in clean energy and union jobs. Read more from their joint op-ed in @pennlive.com. ⬇️ www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025...

A new report from the Texas Climate Jobs Project reveals a massive opportunity for Texas public schools and civic buildings to save millions in energy costs while creating tens of thousands of good-paying union jobs. See the full report. ⬇️ www.txclimatejobs.org/reports

Hear from unions and climate jobs coalitions about how investments in clean energy create good union jobs that lead to financial security for working families, support stronger local economies, and protect our climate. More from @theguardian.com. ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Rhode Island workers are invested in clean energy projects that will benefit our communities for generations to come. We aren’t afraid to build a future that works for working people…” Climate Jobs Rhode Island’s Aislinn Hanley & Clean Water Action's Emily Howe. ⬇️ www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Labor is leading the way to a clean energy future in Colorado. In a recent op-ed, @climatejobsco.bsky.social’s principal officers and labor leaders wrote about why unions representing tens of thousands of Coloradan workers united to form this new coalition. ⬇️ coloradonewsline.com/2025/01/28/l...

In December, New York Assemblyman Harry Bronson celebrated a $3M investment into @cornellilr.bsky.social's Climate Jobs Institute at the @ibewinternational.bsky.social Apprenticeship Training Center in Rochester. www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/l...

In NYC, the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 9, affiliate of Climate Jobs NY, hosted a day-long workshop for 400 high school students and young adults to learn about union career opportunities, including in the offshore wind industry. qns.com/2024/12/iupa...

The @houstonchronicle.com recently featured stories of graduates from the Texas Climate Jobs Project’s pre-apprenticeship program, which trains Texans for good union careers building clean energy infrastructure. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

Unions are leading on climate action in Colorado. @climatejobsco.bsky.social just launched with a plan to build a clean energy economy that works for everyone. More about their launch from @denverpost.com. ⬇️ www.denverpost.com/2025/01/21/c...

Unions in Pennsylvania are leading the way toward a clean energy future that works for working people. Read more from @fastcompany.com about Union Energy’s work to help Pennsylvania reach its climate goals while creating good, family-sustaining union jobs. ⬇️ www.fastcompany.com/91250436/pen...

We are proud to unveil “Colorado's Clean Energy Jobs Path,” a report created in partnership with Cornell University’s Climate Jobs Institute that provides a pathway to address the climate crisis while creating a clean, equitable, and worker-centered economy. www.ilr.cornell.edu/sites/defaul...

Today, we are proud to launch Climate Jobs Colorado, a new coalition of unions from across our state that is standing up for a future working people can believe in: good union jobs and clean affordable energy that helps tackle the dual crises of climate change and inequality. www.climatejobsco.org

"We can create a world-class offshore wind industry and bring a new era of prosperity for the working people of Southern New England if we come together and demand what we deserve." — Pat Crowley, president of Rhode Island AFL-CIO and co-chair of Climate Jobs Rhode Island Read more: bit.ly/3BEN66A

renewable energy = jobs

“How can we work as a labor movement to make sure we’re making this an [offshore wind] industry that is not only going to benefit the climate but benefit our members?” said Patrick Crowley, president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO. More from @canarymedia.com. ⬇️ www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

“This entire [offshore wind] industry that we’re trying to get launched has thousands and thousands of job opportunities… We’re talking about developing an entire energy industry,” said Patrick Crowley, president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO. More @gristnews.bsky.social. ⬇️ grist.org/labor/can-la...

“More than 10,000 local families will realize the benefits of good pay, strong benefits like health care… and they will be a critical part of the meaningful and vital work of fighting climate change,” said Chrissy Lynch, president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO. newbedfordlight.org/gov-healey-u...

Governor Maura Healey joined union-led climate jobs coalitions in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut at a forum about offshore wind, where unions unveiled a new report outlining an ambitious vision for offshore wind and high-quality union jobs. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/w...