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Apprenticeships Can Drive Inclusive Clean Energy Economy

Cornell Chronicle
“The Climate Jobs Institute report addresses a core aspect of tackling the dual crises of climate change and inequality: ensuring that diverse individuals and historically underserved communities are included in the shift to high-quality, clean energy careers through union jobs,” said Lara Skinner, executive director of the Climate Jobs Institute.
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Apprenticeships Can Drive Inclusive Clean Energy Economy

CJI Participates in ILR's Convening of Albany Policymakers to Show Impact of State Funding

Representatives from the NY State legislative and executive branches gathered on the ILR campus Thursday morning to officially launch the New York at Work annual report.
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CJI Participates in ILR's Convening of Albany Policymakers to Show Impact of State Funding

Working With Labor Unions to Create a More Sustainable Future

Avalon Hoek Spaans, Assistant Director of Research at the Climate Jobs Insititute, shares what inspired them to seek a career focused on climate science, hoping to contribute to a more environmentally just and sustainable society.
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Working With Labor Unions to Create a More Sustainable Future

Climate Jobs Institute releases Washington state report

Cornell Chronicle
The Climate Jobs Institute releases, "Washington Climate Jobs Roadmap: A Worker-Centered Approach to a Clean Energy Future," a culmination of a two-year process that included interviews with more than 85 labor, environmental and industry leaders and policymakers, educational convenings, and qualitative and quantitative research.
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Climate Jobs Institute releases Washington state report

Denmark's lessons on the future of climate jobs

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Senate Labor Committee Chair Jessica Ramos, a Queens Democrat, and Lara Skinner, executive director of the Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell University's ILR School, share what they learned about creating good-paying jobs in the renewable energy sector during a visit to Denmark this summer.
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Denmark's lessons on the future of climate jobs

Maine governor reaches offshore wind deal with labor unions

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The Climate Jobs Institute Training and Education team legislative testimony workshops help lead to legislative wins in Maine.
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Maine governor reaches offshore wind deal with labor unions

Opinion: Employ vulnerable communities to build New York’s clean energy transition

City & State
“The Cornell University Climate Jobs Institute delivers training for union members on climate change and clean energy, and connects policymakers with labor, environmental and industry leaders to navigate this historic transition,” says Dovan Lomax, Political Director, District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) in NY.
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Opinion: Employ vulnerable communities to build New York’s clean energy transition

The Inflation Reduction Act will generate more than 1 million wind and solar jobs by 2035

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Most new climate jobs will be in manufacturing. “This is especially true for wind,” says Lara Skinner with Cornell’s Climate Jobs Institute. “It takes a lot of work to manufacture the component parts for an onshore or offshore wind turbine — and an offshore wind turbine, there’s about 8,000 parts.”
The Inflation Reduction Act will generate more than 1 million wind and solar jobs by 2035

Packman Named to Sustainability, Climate Justice Commission

Senior Research & Policy Development Associate Iris Packman of ILR’s Climate Jobs Institute will share her expertise with the Ithaca community.
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Packman Named to Sustainability, Climate Justice Commission

New Climate Jobs Institute Allows for Research Addressing Climate Change, Aims to Create More Jobs

The Industrial and Labor Relations School launched their Climate Jobs Institute on Jan. 25. The Institute will help New York state transition to a stronger clean energy economy by addressing the climate crisis and creating more jobs through continued cutting-edge research.
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New Climate Jobs Institute Allows for Research Addressing Climate Change, Aims to Create More Jobs

Relax, New Yorkers. Nobody’s Coming for Your Gas Stove.

Mother Jones
“We’re going to erode public support for this climate work if we’re not creating high-quality jobs and careers that are actually family and community sustaining,” says Lara Skinner, director of the Climate Jobs Institute.
Relax, New Yorkers. Nobody’s Coming for Your Gas Stove.

An offshore wind project being built with union labor could be exactly what energy workers need

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“The majority of [wind-related] jobs are going to be in the manufacturing supply chain,” says Lara Skinner, so the country needs to prioritize the development of domestic renewable supply chains.
An offshore wind project being built with union labor could be exactly what energy workers need

Biden Promised “Good-Paying Union Jobs,” But It Will Take Organizing to Get Them

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"People have to see how building a new clean energy economy improves their lives, expands their access to jobs, increases their pay and benefits, protects and supports existing good jobs, lowers energy bills, expands prosperity and makes our communities healthier,” said Skinner at the Climate Jobs Summit.
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Biden Promised “Good-Paying Union Jobs,” But It Will Take Organizing to Get Them

After Successful Bike Parking Demo, DOT is Rightfully Being Asked, ‘What Now?’

A recent study by Cornell's Labor Leading on Climate recommends converting 5 percent of street parking spaces into 150,000 sheltered bike parking spaces by 2025.
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After Successful Bike Parking Demo, DOT is Rightfully Being Asked, ‘What Now?’

Bike theft, climate change and New York City

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Anita Raman, a climate researcher at ILR writes about her work to support biking for climate resilience in the city.
Bike theft, climate change and New York City

Changing Power Sources Starts With Changing Minds

Melanie La Rosa discusses the relevance of the Climate for Change: A Complete Climate Jobs Roadmap for New York City report as an opportunity "to a climate labor force [that] could spur thousands of new jobs,” in her recent OpEd.
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Changing Power Sources Starts With Changing Minds

Updating aging NYC school buildings will reduce the city’s carbon emissions: energy advocates

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Cornell's Labor Leading on Climate released, “Climate for Change: A Climate Jobs Roadmap for New York City” in partnership with Climate Jobs New York which urges the city to adopt a plan for carbon free and healthy schools
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Updating aging NYC school buildings will reduce the city’s carbon emissions: energy advocates

Op-ed: A road map for making inroads into climate change in New York

Anita Raman, research and policy development associate with Cornell’s Labor Leading on Climate Initiative details how New York City can ensure future net zero emissions, create millions of community-sustaining jobs, and reduce inequality.
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Op-ed: A road map for making inroads into climate change in New York

For a Living Wage and a Habitable Planet, We Need Climate Jobs Programs

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Cornell's Labor Leading on Climate released “Building a Just Transition for a Resilient Future: A Climate Jobs Program for Rhode Island” in partnership with Climate Jobs Rhode Island which outlines an approach to reduce carbon emissions while also creating good union jobs.
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For a Living Wage and a Habitable Planet, We Need Climate Jobs Programs

Labor unions' climate agenda for City Hall includes cutting school emissions, adding bike lanes

“We are really thinking about how do we take on climate change at scale and the pace that science demands,” said Lara Skinner, Director of Cornell's Labor Leading on Climate program.
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Labor unions' climate agenda for City Hall includes cutting school emissions, adding bike lanes

Amerikansk interesse for grøn omstilling og vindoffshore

Skinner, Director of Cornell’s Labor Leading on Climate Initiative visits CO-Søfart/Metal Maritime and Dansk Metal in Denmark to discuss American interest in the green transition and offshore wind.
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Amerikansk interesse for grøn omstilling og vindoffshore

Opinion: Labor taking lead on green economy

An initiative of the ILR Worker Institute at Cornell, in partnership with Climate Jobs National Resource Center, “Labor Leading on Climate,” proves that when organized labor leads on an issue like climate change, the outcome is a thriving economy.
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Opinion: Labor taking lead on green economy

Cornell extension faculty member awarded 2022 Public Voices on the Climate Crisis Fellowship

Anita Raman, LLC's Research and Policy Development Associate, is one of twenty national leaders selected to be a 2022 Public Voices Fellow on the Climate Crisis. This program is administered by the Yale Program on Climate Communication and the OpEd Project national Public Voices initiative. 
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Cornell extension faculty member awarded 2022 Public Voices on the Climate Crisis Fellowship

Skinner Appears on Community Voices for Change

Skinner appears on Portland’s Maine WMPG Radio, Community Voices for Change, to discuss how Maine is working to build a new renewable energy economy with good union jobs.
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Skinner Appears on Community Voices for Change

Report addresses labor movement, transition to green economy in RI

Skinner, director of Cornell's Labor Leading on Climate, highlighted the Carbon Free Healthy Schools recommendation — which suggests transitioning all K-12 public schools to net-zero emissions by 2030 using solar power — as one of the most impactful elements of the report.
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Report addresses labor movement, transition to green economy in RI

Maine unions launch platform to create thousands of good jobs, take on climate crisis

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Maine unions launch platform to create thousands of good jobs, take on climate crisis

Labor Unions Form New Group to Combat Climate Change in Maine

Labor unions in Maine say they have a lot of ideas on how the state can combat climate change and create clean energy jobs. The unions partnered with Cornell University's Labor Leading on Climate to study climate change and have set 11 goals for creating clean-energy jobs in Maine.
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Labor Unions Form New Group to Combat Climate Change in Maine

The 2022 New York State Labor Power 100

City & State
The 2022 New York State Labor Power 100

NYC unions rally behind ambitious new climate action plans

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Cornell's Labor Leading on Climate releases report in conjunction with the Climate Jobs New York (CJNY) outlining recommendations to Mayor Eric Adams’ administration as well as examining the impact of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic on NYC workers and schools.
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NYC unions rally behind ambitious new climate action plans

New Report Outlines Equitable Climate Action Plan for Rhode Island

Climate Jobs Rhode Island and Cornell University recently released a report outlining a climate jobs action plan to put Rhode Island on the path to meeting the state’s climate targets and building an equitable renewable energy economy.
The report features policy recommendations to transition Rhode Island to renewable energy with strong labor and equity standards. (istock)
New Report Outlines Equitable Climate Action Plan for Rhode Island