Just transition

3 Minutes

Climate and environment Labour World

WFTU: Environmental crisis is a workers’ issue

PV June 27, 2024

The struggle for workers’ rights – fair wages, better working conditions and universal social security – cannot be separated from the struggle for a healthy planet. This was the message from the World Federation...

4 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment

Public ownership of oil and gas a key issue in Alberta election

PV May 4, 2023

PV staff In February, in advance of the federal budget, a group of labour leaders from Alberta sent a letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, calling on her to echo the industrial strategy outlined...

6 Minutes

Climate and environment

Can clean energy really fulfill our demand?

PV January 11, 2022

Part One in an ongoing People’s Voice investigation into climate justice and a “just transition” Norm Knight There has been some argument among environmentalists about whether the clean energy transition can be achieved entirely...

4 Minutes

Climate and environment

Climate justice, jobs and peace – parts of the same struggle

PV September 30, 2021

After a summer marked by oppressive heat, devastating forest fires and, above all, by the alarming report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), September 24 saw worldwide mobilizations by environmental organizations, youth...