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JHF Hammerling
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Leading action-oriented research on jobs and climate change

UC Berkeley Labor Center - Green Economy Program
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social
As refineries close, California urgently needs a real just transition strategy that works for workers and communities. Our research shows a path forward... check out my op-ed with Virginia Parks in the SF Chronicle today!

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
July 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Jobs and climate are often presented as competing priorities, but BIL/IRA showed us how we can take on both simultaneously. A good jobs + climate agenda is one that can unite a broad working-class political coalition around some of our toughest challenges.

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States can still build from Biden’s wins on clean energy and jobs - UC Berkeley Labor Center
States can act to preserve and advance President Biden’s most important accomplishment: a set of policies aimed at growing jobs in strategic clean energy sectors across the U.S. while supporting fair ...
laborcenter.berkeley.edu
April 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
i’d like to see democrats and big donors offer a plan for emergency stopgap funding for institutions and key programs that will be affected by politically-motivated federal cuts, so the essential work we know is needed can continue until we can rebuild our federal government
February 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Reposted by JHF Hammerling
🌍🤝 The BlueGreen Alliance teamed up with refinery worker unions and environmental justice groups to craft 31 bold policy recommendations for community-based refinery transitions in Contra Costa, CA. 📄✨ Read more here: www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/re...
BlueGreen Alliance | Refinery Workers, Unions, and Frontline Community Groups Release Policy Roadmap for Contra Costa Refinery Transitions
www.bluegreenalliance.org
January 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reposted by JHF Hammerling
Workers and communities want a just transition off fossil fuels. But how do we get there? Read our new report Refining Transition for a framework on how the Bay Area’s Contra Costa County could do it.

laborcenter.berkeley.edu/refining-tra...
Refining Transition: A Just Transition Economic Development Framework For Contra Costa County, California - UC Berkeley Labor Center
In this report, we discuss the challenges and opportunities facing Contra Costa as it prepares for the cascading effects of an energy transition that is already unfolding. We propose a just transition...
laborcenter.berkeley.edu
January 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
really just pissed i didn’t think of this first. way to blow it for the rest of us, guys www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/u...
Human in Bear Suit Was Used to Defraud Insurance Companies, Officials Say
Footage of a bear rifling through luxury cars was submitted to insurance companies, which paid out $140,000. But something seemed off.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM