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Labor is leading on climate. Advancing a pro-worker agenda to tackle the dual crises of climate change and inequality. cjnrc.org
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“Maine has proven that fighting climate change, creating good jobs, and saving families money can go hand in hand.”

Francis Eanes of Maine Labor Climate Council and Nicholas Janzen of @maineconservation.bsky.social in @bangordailynews.bsky.social. ⬇️
In the Bangor Daily News. Opinion: Maine must keep moving forward on clean energy, climate change. By Francis Eanes and Nicholas Janzen.
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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“[C]reating and protecting high-wage, safe, career-building union clean energy jobs is more important than ever. We should be investing in green energy, not delivering pink slips.”

More from @markey.senate.gov and Mass. Building Trades Unions President Frank Callahan in @masslive.bsky.social ⬇️
In MassLive News. Opinion: Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' kills thousands of Mass. jobs. By Sen. Edward J. Markey & Frank Callahan
October 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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The @riaflcio.bsky.social is leading the charge on a lawsuit to reverse the termination of Solar for All, a $7 billion grant program intended to save money on energy costs for working people while creating good union jobs installing solar on homes.

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Photo of RI AFL-CIO President Patrick Crowley. Quote: "Now that the [Solar for All] program is on hold, potentially hundreds of job opportunities are lost." From the New York Times.
October 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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At our #ClimateWeekNYC panel, @whitehouse.senate.gov stressed the consequences of inaction on climate:

“The costs of inaction are only going to get worse as climate change threatens an economic crisis that could dwarf the Great Recession.”
“The costs of inaction are only going to get worse as climate change threatens an economic crisis that could dwarf the Great Recession.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse - US Senator, Rhode Island
October 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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At #ClimateWeekNYC, John Podesta emphasized the role states must play in building a clean energy future that works for everyone.

“..it’s more important than ever for states to take action and local labor unions to lead the way toward a clean energy economy that delivers for working people.”
“Now it’s more important than ever for states to take action and local labor unions to lead the way toward a clean energy economy that delivers for working people.” John Podesta - Chair, Center for American Progress, Board Member, Climate Jobs National Resource Center and Action Fund
October 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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During our #ClimateWeekNYC panel, @budzinski.house.gov underscored how climate action must work for working people.
"We have an opportunity to take on this challenge while also confronting the climate crisis and creating good-paying union jobs along the way." Rep. Nikki Budzinski - Member of Congress, IL-13
October 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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“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
Photo of Patrick Crowley, President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, at CJNRC's Climate Week panel. Quote: “For climate policy to be durable and equitable, it needs to deliver for working people with good jobs and more affordable energy.”
September 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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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
CJNRC panel at Climate Week featuring Patrick Crowley, Rep. Nikki Budzinski, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and John Podesta SEIU 32BJ President Manny Pastreich
September 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Big news for workers in New England covered in today's @heatmap.news morning newsletter from @alexckaufman.bsky.social.
Exclusive: New England unions sign historic offshore wind agreement Rhode Island’s biggest labor federation has brokered a deal for union workers to carry out the construction on the SouthCoast Wind project, a 2.4-gigawatt offshore turbine array — and won what the Rhode Island AFL-CIO called the first agreement in the nation guaranteeing organized labor handles all the operations and maintenance of the facility. On a panel I moderated for the Climate Jobs National Resource Center on Tuesday evening, Rhode Island’s AFL-CIO president, Patrick Crowley, told me the “labor peace agreement” will help the union organize more workers in the offshore-wind industry. “The labor movement is in this to win, and we’re not ready to give up the fight yet,” he told me. “If developers want to have a winning strategy, they have to partner with organized labor, because we’re going to make sure that, come hell or high water, we get these things built.”
September 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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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. ⬇️
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Working families in Austin deserve a safe, healthy, and prosperous future. Powering Public Progress: Decarbonizing Austin's Municipal Buildings for a Resilient Future.
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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“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. ⬇️
In City Limits. Opinion: Energy Independence Means Union-Built Clean Energy
September 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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This #LaborDay, and all year long, unions are leading the fight for a safer, healthier clean energy future.
"Labor Leads on Climate. Labor Day 2025." Background photo with a rally sign that reads: "our energy future is union strong"
September 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Unions in Maine are leading on efforts to build clean energy and create union jobs.

More from @publicnewsservice.bsky.social ⬇️
From Public News Service. Maine works to counter federal setbacks for clean energy projects.
August 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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“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. ⬇️
From Maine Morning Star. How key climate, environmental bills fared in Augusta this past session. Photo of Maine State House.
July 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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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.
In the Bangor Daily News. Opinion: Collins should protect clean power investments, lower energy costs and jobs
June 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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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. ⬇️
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In The Bangor Daily News. Opinion: Mainers need the benefits of clean energy tax credits, not tax breaks for the rich. Photo of house on the water in Maine.
June 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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“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 ⬇️
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In Planet Detroit. Opinion: Let's protect federal clean energy investments. Photo of Jim Soosik, Business Manager, IBEW Local 58 Detroit.
May 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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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
April 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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@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. ⬇️
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From Heatmap News. Why Unions Can Be Key to Projects Getting Permits. A Conversation with Mike Barnwell of the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights.
April 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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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. ⬇️
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Climate Jobs Beat. Weekly newsletter with the latest on unions and climate jobs coalitions building the clean energy future. Photo from Union Energy PA's climate jobs coalition launch.
March 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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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. ⬇️
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Climate Jobs Beat. Weekly newsletter with the latest on union and climate jobs coalitions building the clean energy future.
February 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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It’s National Apprenticeship Week! Union apprenticeship programs are key to building a clean energy future that actually works for working people.
Labor is leading on climate. National Apprenticeship Week - November 17-23.
November 18, 2024 at 11:27 PM