Intersection of Energy Justice and Labor/Workforce Issues - Vincent Alvarez, President of the New York City Central Labor Council

 

Reading: New York Times, “Sale of Leases for Wind Farms Off New York Raises More Than $4  Billion.” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/climate/new-york-offshore-wind auction.html?smid=em-share  

 

Skinner, Lara et. al, 2022, Climate for Change: A Climate Jobs Roadmap for New York City. MacGilis, Alec. The New Yorker, “Can Germany Show Us How to Leave Coal   

 

Behind?” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/02/07/can-germany-show-us-how-to leave-coal-behind  

 

Polychroniou, C.J., Interview from January 22, 2022 edition, TRUTHOUT, “Unions Have the  Potential and the Responsibility to Advance a Just Transition.”  

 

https://truthout.org/articles/unions-have-the-potential-and-the-responsi… just-transition  

 

Daily News, “New York Breaks Ground on 1st Offshore Wind Farm.”   

 

Optional: Blue Green Alliance, “State Based Policies to Build a Cleaner, Safer, more Equitable  Economy.” https://www.bluegreenalliance.org/wp  

 

content/uploads/2020/07/StatePolicyToolkit_Report2020_vFINAL.pdf  

 

Optional Skim: Gould et. al, “A Workforce-Focused White Paper on Just Transition from the  International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of New York State.”  

 

https://wdiny.org/Portals/0/PDF/Transitioning_to_a_21st_Century_Energy_S…(2019).p df?ver=2020-01-22-162525-620  

 

 

 

Problem set 3 due.