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Unions for climate action! | Payton M. Wilkins

Unions for climate action! | Payton M. Wilkins

TED Talks Daily · TED

December 14, 202410m 18s

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Show Notes

In the long term, shutting down a coal mine means cleaner air and a healthier environment — but in the short term, it can devastate a community or family that relied on the mine's paychecks to make ends meet. Environmental justice advocate Payton M. Wilkins thinks we can protect both workers and the planet with an age-old solution: unions. He digs into the economic fallout of ditching fossil fuels and shows why unions are well-positioned to push the transition to clean energy and green jobs.

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