by Hendrik | May 1, 2019 | Blog Post
By Ananda Lee Tan (but not really) If Game of Thrones were an allegory for climate change, and the Army of the Dead represented the forces of destruction causing this ecological crisis, then: The White Walkers would be Multi-National Corporations (MNCs), whose zombie...
by Hendrik | Apr 23, 2019 | Blog Post
On Saturday, April 20, 2019, the Climate Justice Alliance partnered with Grassroots International, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and its Jamaica Plain Forum for the first Frontline-Centered and Black-woman led Green New Deal discussion in Massachusetts. The...
by Hendrik | Apr 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
The CJA Member group The Alliance for Appalachia worked with Representative Raul M. Grijalva and the House Committee on Natural Resources, when the Congressman visited Mountain Top Removal sites in Virginia. Mountaintop removal mining severely damages public health...
by Hendrik | Mar 18, 2019 | Blog Post
This morning, Climate Justice Alliance issued this statement to the New Consensus and its partners involved in moving forward the Green New Deal. CJA Steering Committee representatives, members, Indigenous and Environmental Justice allies demand that historic movement...
by Hendrik | Mar 11, 2019 | Timeline
Thousands of families and communities in North Carolina are reeling from the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Florence. As those hardest hit by the storm are dealing with threats to their immediate and long-term survival, the CJA member group North Carolina...
by Hendrik | Mar 11, 2019 | Timeline
The Indigenous Environmental Network and the Climate Justice Alliance effectively change the conversation around carbon pricing, with the launch of the report Carbon Pricing: A Critical Perspective for Community Resistance at COP23 in Bonn, Germany. Carbon market...
by Hendrik | Mar 8, 2019 | Timeline
In the Fall of 2013, CJA penned an open letter from our members and allied EJ group to the leadership of the AFL-CIO, asking the labor movement to join hands with is in our struggle for climate justice, fighting corporate power, deepening democracy, organizing a Just...
by Hendrik | Mar 8, 2019 | Timeline
On the two days following the People’s Climate March, CJA hosted the People’s Climate Justice Summit & Tribunal across the street from the United Nations, where the “official” UN Climate Summit was taking place. Over 50 CJA members and allies, including local...
by Hendrik | Mar 8, 2019 | Timeline
Thousands of people took to the street for the second ever People’s Climate March. The effort was organized by the coalition formed from the 2014 People’s Climate March, which brought over 400,000 people to the streets of New York City and many more around the world....
by Hendrik | Mar 8, 2019 | Timeline
To build a rooted foundation for our vision of a Just Transition, CJA identified seven pilot sites to strategize and grapple with what it means to make Just Transition real on the ground. The pilot sites were anchored by long-standing EJ organizations, including APEN...
