Environment
Blue-Green Alliance to host Duluth conference
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The Blue-Green Alliance will host a conference Friday in Duluth to help the public learn the impacts of global warming and how to slow it down.
Environment
Union members discuss strategies to save the planet
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Saying the future of the planet is at stake, union members and friends gathered at a Labor & Sustainability Conference to discuss strategies to address the climate crisis and promote healthy development.
View video from the conference posted on YouTube at this link:http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=labortostopglobalwar
Environment
Labor and Sustainability Conference Jan. 19-20
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"Labor and Sustainability" is the theme of a landmark conference Jan. 19 and 20 at the UAW Local 879 hall in St. Paul. Free and open to the public, the conference will be an opportunity for people to come together to talk about the future for workers and the planet.
Environment
Twin Cities ‘green manufacturing’ initiative moves forward
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National and local union and environmental leaders joined Twin Cities mayors Wednesday to launch a local "initiative on green manufacturing" to promote both good jobs and a healthy environment.
Environment
National labor-environmental group to be headquartered in Minneapolis
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Minneapolis will be the headquarters for a new national labor and environmental organization pursuing “Good Jobs, A Clean Environment, and A Safer World.” The organization will be headed by former Steelworkers District 11 Director Dave Foster.
Environment
Report: China, India must find new path forward
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The rest of the world must adjust to the emergence of China and India as industrializing, demanding and growing societies, a new report says. And, in turn, China and India — who have 40 percent of the global population — must develop their economies without repeating the mistakes that the developed nations made.
Environment
UAW awaits response to ‘green’ vehicle proposal
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United Auto Workers Local 879 awaits a response from Ford Motor Company to its proposal to make the St. Paul manufacturing plant a leader in producing more fuel-efficient, “green” vehicles. View the entire text of the proposal.
Environment
Campaign harnesses citizen energy for renewable policies
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Minnesota citizens need to lead America in a renewable energy revolution that rejects unsustainable policies favoring fossil fuels, Congresswoman Betty McCollum said in a keynote speech Saturday at the St. Paul Labor Center.
Environment
Rally to focus on renewable energy
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Fight Back ’05 ? a campaign of the United Steel Workers’ associate member program ? will hold a rally Saturday, Sept. 17, to mobilize support for renewable energy standards in state and federal law.
Environment
Minnesota groups step up pressure against CAFTA
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In a rally at the state Capitol and a protest outside U.S. Senator Norm Coleman’s Minnesota office, labor and environmental groups Thursday voiced their opposition to CAFTA, the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement. They called on elected officials to invest in good jobs and a clean environment.