by PPJC Admin2 | July 26, 2023 | News
The provisions that the CLEAN Energy and NOW Acts would repeal threaten to “hold clean energy development on our public lands hostage to continued oil and gas leasing.” By Julia Conley Common Dreams U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among three House...
by PPJC Admin2 | June 13, 2023 | Analysis, News
“Not even a week since Republicans brought our nation to the brink of economic ruin, and they are already two-stepping into tax cuts for the wealthy and well-connected.” – Rep. Richard Neal ((D-MA) By Olivia Rosane Common Dreams After threatening to...
by PPJC Admin2 | June 6, 2023 | News
Many corporations choose to locate in the South because low union density enables them to pay poor wages. But now, worker power is spreading across numerous industries in the South. By Tom Conway United Steelworkers Union Workers at Blue Bird Corporation in Fort...
by PPJC Admin2 | May 23, 2023 | Analysis, News
At stake in all of these cases is who pays for the staggering cost of a changing climate. The plaintiffs accuse the companies of lying to the public about their products’ risks. Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School and John Dernbach, Widener University...
by PPJC Admin2 | April 24, 2023 | News
“A grassroots activist in Malawi working to combat plastic pollution in her own country is directly connected to us, and vice versa; and she has much to teach us about how we can do that work at home, where we live. This work, and our fates, are all...
by PPJC Admin2 | March 21, 2023 | News
“We will not go to our graves quietly knowing that the financial institutions in our own communities continue to fund the climate crisis,” said longtime environmentalist Bill McKibben. By Kenny Stancil Common Dreams Thousands of seniors outraged at big...