Funny how most of these groups cannot survive without huge amounts of Other People’s money, be it from super rich folks or government
Climate change nonprofit announces layoffs as Bill Gates money dries up
The Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs (CRCJ), a nonprofit that combined labor unions and environmental activist groups to advocate for growing jobs through building Connecticut’s green infrastructure, announced that it would begin layoffs for its small staff of four, according to an announcement by Roundtable Board Chair John Harrity.
“After extensive discussion and careful review of our current financial realities, we have made the difficult decision to initiate staff layoffs effective December 5, 2025,” Harrity wrote on the organization’s website. “This is not a decision we came to lightly. As a small nonprofit committed to climate justice and worker justice, we take seriously the responsibility to steward our resources with transparency and integrity.”
Reached for comment, Harrity said CRCJ primarily relied on grants that have dried up in the current political climate, particularly after billionaire Bill Gates’ foundation pulled back on funding organizations focused on climate change; it had a trickle-down effect to smaller organizations like CRCJ.
“It’s sort of a chain reaction. One organization depended on climate safety grants, for instance, from Bill Gates as part of their funding to fund state groups, and Bill Gates has withdrawn most of his funding from climate change organizations,” Harrity said. “The grants ran out and unfortunately in the current climate there’s less money available for social justice organizations and there’s nothing from the federal government that’s helpful at all, so we just didn’t have the money to sustain staff.”
So, are they a climate (scam) group or a social justice group? Yes. It’s all together, just a bunch of hard left beliefs put together, grifting and producing pretty much nothing of benefit, nothing that creates product or anything that generates revenue.
The CRCJ began in 2012 as a project of the CT AFL-CIO, an umbrella organization for trade unions and public employee unions, and the Inter-Religious Eco-Justice Network (IREJN) “to educate and strengthen collaborations between labor, religious, environmental, and community leaders concerned about the challenge of mitigating climate change while creating good-paying jobs as part of a sustainable economy,” according to their website.
Um, what? I read the words but I do not speak Comrade, even after all these years. I do like the part about “Inter-Religious Eco-Justice Network.” Cult.
The group has been active in state politics and legislation for more than a decade, with past and present members testifying on bills and serving on climate-related committees and sub-committees, like the Governor’s Council on Climate Change, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Basically, advocating for Government to crack down on Citizens. It’d be great if they all went away.
Wow. This is big news!! There were only 5 paid workers at CMCJ before the layoffs.