A Working Class Climate Agenda

The report introduces Green Economic Populism (GEP), a framework that argues the affordability crisis is a structural challenge intensified by the climate crisis. It posits that reducing dependence on volatile fossil fuels can lower costs for working people across energy, food, health, housing, and transportation. The document provides polling data showing that 70% of US voters believe economic policy can simultaneously lower costs and reduce emissions, and 55% want coordinated policies to address both. It highlights successful political campaigns and labor actions in cities and states such as New York City, Seattle, New Jersey, Georgia, and Missouri that centered the intersection of climate action and material needs, such as rent stabilization, utility price controls, and decarbonized public infrastructure.

• Green Economic Populism (GEP) is presented as a strategy to connect climate politics to economic issues, focusing on three pillars: 'Green' policies to cut carbon and increase resilience, 'Economic' policies to lower costs and create good jobs, and 'Populist' strategies to build working class power against elites.
• Polling data indicates significant public support for integrating climate and economic policy: 70% of voters, including 65% of Republicans, believe economic policy can lower costs while reducing emissions, and 55% want elected officials to address the cost of living and climate change through coordinated policies.
• The report identifies a 'Climate-Cost Nexus' where environmental instability increases expenses for working people in sectors including energy and utilities, food and health, housing and insurance, and transportation and fuel.
• The document cites several US regional examples where centering climate and economic concerns led to political or labor victories, such as Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York City, Mayor Katie Wilson in Seattle, and a rent strike in Kansas City, Missouri, that won electric HVAC systems.

APA

GreenLatinos (2026). A Working Class Climate Agenda. https://www.greenlatinos.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/13/CCI_Stop-Greed-Build-Green.pdf

Chicago

GreenLatinos. A Working Class Climate Agenda. 2026. https://www.greenlatinos.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/13/CCI_Stop-Greed-Build-Green.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenlatinos2026working, author = {{GreenLatinos}}, title = {{A Working Class Climate Agenda}}, institution = {GreenLatinos}, year = {2026}, month = jun, url = {https://www.greenlatinos.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/13/CCI_Stop-Greed-Build-Green.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }