Obama Praises Blue Green Alliance

Barack Obama spoke to the United Steelworkers convention in Las Vegas July 2, saying change is building on the "path breaking" Blue Green Alliance between USW and the Sierra Club by "unleashing the potential of green manufacturing in America." Check out the video. 

Blue Green Teams with We Campaign for 13 Town Halls

The United Steelworkers, in conjunction with the Blue Green Alliance and the We Campaign, wrapped up thirteen town halls held across the country where hundreds of community, labor and environmental leaders came together to discuss how we can create jobs to combat global climate change and improve the economy. Check out press releases for:
Midland, MI.
Cincinnati, OH
Findlay, OH
Las Vegas, NV

Up North

At the 25th National Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress May 26-30, two climate change resolutions and a policy paper addressing green jobs were passed.  Read more.

News

The United Steelworkers (USW), the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Green for All and the Blue Green Alliance, a partnership of the USW and Sierra Club, have launched the national Green Jobs for America campaign. Running through the fall, the campaign will focus on a commitment to clean, renewable energy to make the U.S. more energy-independent, to help end our dependence on fossil fuels and to create hundreds of thousands of green jobs.  Read our press release.  Visit the campaign web site.

Report:  Job Opportunities for the Green Economy

Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-by-State Picture of Occupations that Gain from Green Investments is a new report from the Political Economy Research Institute, Universityof Massachusetts, Amherst. The report, sponsored by NRDC as part of the organization's involvement in the Green Jobs for America campaign, examines 12 states and the people employed in occupations affected by six green economic strategies: building retrofitting, mass transit, energy-efficient automobiles, wind power, solar power and cellulosic biofuels. It makes clear that millions of U.S. workers will benefit from a movement to defeat global warming and transform the United States into a green economy.  Download the report, and read the press release, state fact sheets, news coverage (see right column, this page), and a blog posting by NRDC's Pete Altman.