Unions for climate action! | Payton M. Wilkins
Unions for climate action! | Payton M. Wilkins  
Podcast: TED Talks Daily
Published On: Tue Oct 17 2023
Description: 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.