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How many strikes are there in the United States? It’s a question with obvious importance to labor activists, yet there is no readily accessible answer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases an annual work stoppage summary in February reporting the number of strikes and lockouts over the prior year—but only those that involved at least 1,000 workers and lasted an entire

Growing movement for fair share climate commitments Issued on: 11/05/2021 - 07:42 The concept of "fair share" emissions cuts has been gaining traction among environmental and human rights organisations for several years SAUL LOEB AFP/File 6 min Paris (AFP) When US President Joe Biden pledged last month to cut his countrys carbon emissions in half by 2030, Japan and Canada quickly followed suit. But many green groups and scientists say that this is st...

Growing movement for fair share climate commitments Tue 11th May 2021 | 11:10 AM Paris, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th May, 2021 ) :When US President Joe Biden pledged last month to cut his countrys carbon emissions in half by 2030, Japan and Canada quickly followed suit. But many green groups and scientists say that this is still not good enough. Bidens initiative may have won praise from political allies, but these campaigners want to see a different calculus rooted in history and...

Climate change likely to worsen despite worldwide pledges to cut carbon emissions, report finds By Chris Williams Biden, Harris speak at climate summit on Earth Day President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris opened Earth Days climate summit, with an ambitious pledge to cut by at least one-half the climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes that America is pumping out. Despite commitments to lower carbon emissions from governments around the world, including the U.S., climate change wil...

Climate pledges see world nearing Paris goal 07 May 2021 Paris agreement signatories and other nations could help cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Frank Jordans, Associated Press Recent pledges by the United States and other nations could help cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, but only if efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions to “net zero” by 2050 succeed, scientists said Tuesday. More than...

Confidence boosting: How recent climate pledges have put 2C Paris Agreement goal within reach Share Enhanced government climate commitments provide welcome boost to chances of meeting Paris Agreement goals Climate Action Tracker assesses latest wave of global climate commitments, concluding transition towards net zero emissions is now unstoppable Should all governments deliver on their stated climate pledges it would put the planet on course for a 2.4C rise in average temperatures by the end of...

May 4, 2021 Although the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks labor strikes, it only reports on those that involve 1,000 or more workers and last an entire shift. That approach leaves out most strike activities – and it doesn’t track labor protests at all. Filling that void was the motivation for building the Cornell ILR Labor Action Tracker, a new interactive map and database launched by the ILR School on May 1. It measures U.S. labor strikes and protests involving two or more people, ca...

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30 April 2021 The highest court in Germany has ruled that the government’s climate policies are insufficient because they do not detail emissions reductions past 2030. This violates the freedoms of young people, as it potentially ‘backloads’ climate action onto future generations in addition to burdening them with the consequences of short term inaction. Germany’s ‘Climate Action Law’ came into effect in late 2019, as part of a package of policy designed to reach the country’s 203...