
Climate ChangeJuly 6, 2022
Save the Climate by Improving Jobs
Economic fears can make fossil-fuel workers oppose shifts to greener energy. But a “just transition” can offer them a secure future
J. Mijin Cha is an assistant professor of urban and environmental policy at Occidental College and a fellow at the Worker Institute at Cornell University. Her research focuses on labor-climate coalitions and just transitions. She is a part of the Just Transition Listening Project research team, convened by the Labor Network for Sustainability.

Save the Climate by Improving Jobs
Economic fears can make fossil-fuel workers oppose shifts to greener energy. But a “just transition” can offer them a secure future