...This chapter discusses two energy retrofit initiatives: the city- and real estate-led PlaNYC policy for retrofitting Manhattan's commercial office space, and the Laborers (LIUNA)-sponsored Green Jobs/Green New York weatherization initiative covering residential property in the city and the state...

... to green jobs, and ultimately a broader antipoverty campaign that incorporated gender, race, and ecology. Although the campaign failed to attract a private-sector firm to invest in the site, the coalition managed to overcome some of the dilemmas that labor has faced in similar site fights in the city...

... green jobs New York City Department of Parks and Recreation DPR maintenance schools BBG Brooklyn Botanic Garden botanical gardens Brooklyn Botanic Garden GreenThumb New York Botanical Garden NYBG New York Botanical Garden Altman Foundation Arthur Ross Foundation Dodge Foundation governance...

...This chapter outlines tensions among unions in the energy sector and debates about a pro-climate, pro-worker agenda. Proposals for “green jobs” that protect the environment do not ensure good, union jobs. Energy-sector unions have often been wary of such proposals, arguing correctly that green jobs...