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“Climate change affects all of us, not only as consumers but also as workers. The construction, building materials, forestry, and woodindustry, employing around 200 million workers, play an important role in contributing to and reducing CO2 emissions. Deforestation is the second largest source of carbon in the atmosphere. Buildings are responsible for about 8% of
Read moreThe Forestry Commission has created an excellent video called Forest & Climate Change: A Convenient Truth (15 minutes).
Read more(from Nation of Change, by Rebecca Leber) The Obama campaign and the super PAC Priorities USA recently fired back at Americans for Prosperity, highlighting Mitt Romney’s ties to a funding source of $18.5 million in energy attack ads: Koch Industries. Koch Industries has produced its own video claiming it doesn’t deserve the label of a
Read moreWall Street Journal article: IKEA’s Turkish Labor Issue(Excerpted from WSJ) Wednesday 12 September 2012 ISTANBUL—IKEA’s largely autonomous operation in Turkey is moving to guard the Swedish furniture giant’s reputation by threatening legal action against a local labor union that has staged a bitter campaign painting the company as a corporate bully looking to prevent workers
Read moreRichard Trumka: Freedom Isn’t Free As Independence Day approaches, I’ve been thinking about that iconic American saying, “Freedom Isn’t Free.” Usually it refers to the sacrifice of the men and women who serve in the military and their families — and it’s especially poignant now that Iraq- and Afghanistan-era vets are facing a 12.7 percent
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