Making climate change policy work in difficult economic times - Morning Workshop

Morning Workshop: Common issues for labor and environmental justice groups

This was one of the morning workshops offered as part of the May 5th conference, Making Climate Change Policy Work in Difficult Economic Times. PowerPoint presentations by these and other conference speakers will be available at http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/greenjobs/climatechange.shtml

Moderator: Rachel Morello-Frosch, UC Berkeley

Speakers:
Lisa Hoyos, AFL-CIO
Nia Robinson, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative
Erin Rogers, Union of Concerned Scientists
Miya Yoshitani, Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Sponsor details: This event was sponsored by the UC Berkeley Labor Center (http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu) with Apollo Alliance, California Labor Federation's Workforce and Economic Development Program, California State Building and Construction Trades Council, Don Vial Center on Employment in the Green Economy, Energy Foundation, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, and Western Climate Advocates Network (WeCAN). Funding was provided by the Energy Foundation, French American Charitable Trust, and Pacific Gas and Electric.

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