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The Food and Farm Bill Can Do a Lot for Workers  

Union of Concerned Scientists

Laboring outdoors on the front lines of the climate crisis, farmworkers face disproportionate impacts from extreme weather: recent research from the National Institutes of Health found agricultural workers are 35 times more likely to die from heat than other workers.

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Sustainable Pittsburgh Selected As One Of 20 Regional Green Jobs Centers To Train Individuals For Climate-Resilient Jobs

PA Environment Daily

The Sustainable Pittsburgh organization has been selected by Jobs for the Future as a Quality Green Jobs Regional Challenge Member to train and prepare individuals for climate-resilient jobs. Challenge members were selected from a pool of 101 applicants. “We Executive Director of Sustainable Pittsburgh.

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Will Russia “Win” the Climate Crisis?

Legal Planet

The conventional view is that climate change is going to be a great thing for Russia. The article’s theme is in its title: “How Russia Wins the Climate Crisis.” The subtitle is: “Climate change and its enormous human migrations will transform agriculture and remake the world order — and no country stands to gain more than Russia.”

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House Bill Introduced To Create Veterans Entering The Sustainability Sector Workforce Incentive Program

PA Environment Daily

"Employment in the sustainability sector is growing, increasing the demand for positions within the green job market,” said Rep. Veterans, particularly those who do not possess a college degree, are often only hired for low-skill jobs, even though their training and experience from their service would make them desirable for other positions.

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California Can Do It

Union of Concerned Scientists

Here in Richmond, California, shipyards were bursting with thousands of men and women (for the first time allowed into the workforce en masse). At this high stakes-moment, I am grateful to lead the UCS Western States office in a state that has established itself as a leader in reducing and responding to climate change.

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DEP Secretary Negrin Resigns Effective Dec. 8, On Medical Leave; Jessica Shirley Named Interim Acting Secretary

PA Environment Daily

On October 26, ABC27 News reported DEP Secretary Richard Negrin resigned his position and is on medical leave until December 8. Prior to joining DEP she worked in the Department of Labor and Industry on workforce development, labor law compliance and unemployment compensation issues from 2010 to 2011. Click Here for more details.

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Building the Workforce for Green Infrastructure 

Washington Nature

As we work to accelerate green infrastructure and other nature-based solutions to adapt to climate change impacts, clean polluted stormwater runoff, and support healthy spaces for people and nature, a key need is cultivating a workforce with the skills, interest, and sustainable funding support to design, install and maintain these features.