February 03, 2012 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the Labor Department announced that the economy gained 243,000 jobs in January, including 50,000 manufacturing jobs and 8,000 jobs in motor vehicles and parts, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster urged additional action to create good 21st century jobs.
January 31, 2012 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today introduced legislation that would reauthorize the federal surface transportation program, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster said that the House bill has miles to go to achieve a 21st century transportation system.
January 26, 2012 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After President Obama outlined his energy policy in Nevada, labor and environmental leaders of the BlueGreen Alliance called on Congress to get moving on important clean energy and transportation initiatives to create jobs and protect the environment.
January 26, 2012
The Ohio BlueGreen Apollo Alliance today released a report that provides a roadmap to create thousands of jobs in Ohio, ensuring the state remains competitive in the global marketplace as America’s Energy Gateway. Existing factors identified in a new report, The Ohio Green Manufacturing Action Plan (GreenMAP), such as Ohio’s 630,000 skilled workers and strong manufacturing infrastructure, make it one of the best states in the nation for clean energy manufacturers to make new investments.
January 25, 2012
Following passage of so-called “right-to-work” legislation in the Indiana House and Senate, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive DirectorDavid Foster:
January 24, 2012 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster called on Congress tonight to get the ball rolling on important clean energy tax credits and infrastructure improvements following President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.
January 17, 2012
Earlier this morning, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster joined United Auto Workers President Bob King and National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Larry Schweiger to testify at a joint EPA-NHTSA hearing in Detroit to support the proposed 54.5 mpg fuel economy standard, saying it will create jobs and protect our environment.
January 06, 2012 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the Department of Labor announced that the U.S. economy added 200,000 jobs in December, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster said that this was good news for American workers and that Congress must act now to ensure that the U.S. is competitive for the jobs of the 21st century.
December 16, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The Clean Ports Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate by New York Senator Kirstin Gillibrand and five other original co-sponsors today. The act will help reduce pollution at ports around the country, while creating good, green jobs building the trucks and components for them that are needed to achieve cleaner, safer ports.
December 10, 2011 | BlueGreen Alliance
After the United Nations Climate Change Conference concluded in Durban, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster on the importance of moving forward with a strong international agreement and clean energy jobs strategies.
December 07, 2011
After the passage of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H.R. 10) today, and the recent passage of the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) (H.R. 3010) and the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act (RFIA) (H.R. 527), the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster:
December 05, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance heads to Durban, South Africa this week to highlight our unique alliance and discuss a path forward in the U.S. for addressing climate, creating jobs, and spurring economic growth. Join us for the following events in Durban, or follow us on Twitter @bgalliance.
December 02, 2011
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics unveiled the November unemployment statistics, showing the economy gained 120,000 jobs moving the unemployment rate to 8.6 percent, the lowest since March of 2009. The following is a statement from BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster:
November 29, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE, APOLLO ALLIANCE PROJECT
Senator Debbie Stabenow joined local labor, environmental and business leaders in Lansing to release the new GreenMAP clean energy manufacturing plan for Michigan.
November 17, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Urging the passage of the Safe Chemicals Act, BlueGreen Alliance Director of Chemicals, Public Health and Green Chemistry Charlotte Brody testified before the joint meeting of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health.
After Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee today, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster said that Secretary Chu is right: the U.S. can't sit out the global fight for clean energy.
November 16, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the Obama administration took the next step with its plan to increase fuel efficiency standards, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster said that it is the right step to take at the right time to help save consumers money at the gas pump and create new American jobs.
November 15, 2011 | BlueGreen Alliance, Teamsters, SEIU, NRDC, Recycling Works! and Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Higher recycling rates hold the potential to produce millions of new jobs, would strengthen local economies, reduce pollution and improve public health, according to a new report, "More Jobs, Less Pollution."
November 08, 2011
After a historic victory to sustain the rights of working people in Ohio with the defeat of Issue 2, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster:
November 04, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the Labor Department today announced that the economy gained 80,000 jobs in October, and after the Senate failed to pass the Rebuild America Jobs Act, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster released a statement asking Congress to focus on job creation immediately.
November 03, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the Senate failed to pass the America Jobs Act, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster called it yet another missed opportunity to revitalize our economy and put people back to work building a cleaner, more efficient and more competitive American economy.
October 26, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance announced today that the United Association of Plumbers/Pipefitters joined the unique labor-environmental partnership. With 340,000 highly-skilled members who are engaged in the fabrication, installation and servicing of piping systems, the UA brings to the BlueGreen Alliance a special commitment to the design, installation and maintenance of sustainable water and energy systems in commercial and public buildings and in our homes.
October 11, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the Senate failed to advance the American Jobs Act, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster said that the Senate must move forward with this bill and demonstrate that Washington is indeed committed to solving the nation's jobs crisis.
October 07, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the Labor Department reported that the U.S. gained more than 100,000 jobs in September, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster saying that Congress must get to work on the American Jobs Act.
October 06, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the report, "A Strong EPA Protects Our Health and Promotes Economic Growth." BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster said that this report demonstrates that environmental laws aimed at protecting public health and the environment create jobs and economic growth in America.
October 04, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Ahead of today's hearing in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the BlueGreen Alliance yesterday sent a letter to Senator Cardin urging him to continue his effort to protect the Clean Water Act, ensuring Americans enjoy safe drinking water and clean, clear rivers and streams, while also promoting innovation and investment, which in turn creates and maintains jobs.
September 27, 2011
Congressman Mike Doyle joined the BlueGreen Alliance to announce the introduction of the American Energy, Infrastructure, and Manufacturing (AIM) Jobs Act, which is focused on millions of potential jobs that could be created with smart policies and strategic investments in the industries and jobs of the 21st century economy.
September 23, 2011
After the House of Representatives today voted to pass the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation-or TRAIN Act-the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster:
September 22, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today, the BlueGreen Alliance issued a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
September 21, 2011
To recognize their vision and leadership in building a 21st century clean energy economy and creating good, green jobs, last night the Apollo Alliance Project of the BlueGreen Alliance — joined by AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka — presented The Right Stuff Awards to Denise Fairchild, Inaugural President of the Emerald Cities Collaborative and California-based Applied Materials, a leading equipment supplier of the photovoltaic (PV) industry.
September 12, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After President Obama joined teachers, firefighters, construction workers and others in the Rose Garden to call for passage of the American Jobs Act, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster said the bill deserves immediate congressional action.
September 08, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance sent the following letter to President Obama September 6 outlining our Jobs21! Blueprint to Solve the Jobs Crisis and requesting that strong, forward-looking, job-creating clean energy policies be incorporated into the soon-to-be-announced jobs agenda
After President Obama delivered his jobs agenda to Congress, the BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster said that the stage is set for Congress to move forward with creating good, American jobs.
August 31, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the President pressed Congress to extend the Surface Transportation Act, the BlueGreen Alliance called on Congress to fully fund a transportation reauthorization bill in this statement from Executive Director David Foster.
August 09, 2011
The Obama administration today issued the first ever medium- and heavy-duty truck fuel efficiency and carbon pollution standards, signaling a new era in vehicle efficiency. The announcement comes on the heels an agreement on light-duty vehicle standards, which was announced in late July.
August 02, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the House and Senate passed legislation raising the debt ceiling and cutting as much as $2.4 trillion in spending over the next decade, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement saying that Congress must now turn to America's jobs deficit.
July 29, 2011
The BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) and its partners support President Obama’s proposal of a stronger fuel efficiency standard of 54.5 miles per gallon as an important step towards building a strong national program for light duty vehicles sold in model years 2017-2025.
July 18, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance supports the administration's efforts to create new fuel efficiency and greenhouse standards for light duty vehicles sold in model years 2017-2025 and encourages standards that maximize oil savings and reduce GHG pollution, strengthen the U.S. auto industry, increase the deployment of advanced technology, protect U.S automotive jobs, and create more opportunity for American workers.
July 08, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
With news that the unemployment rate climbed to 9.2 percent in June, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster said the U.S. needs a national jobs plan that builds the industries of the future -- securing existing jobs and creating new jobs -- in the United States.
July 07, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster today said that Chairman Mica's proposed transportation bill -- which will reduce funding by a third -- will set America back in its effort to close the jobs gap.
June 21, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance sent to members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives outlining this labor-environmental partnership's priorities for the FY2012 appropriations and longer-term budget.
June 15, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Expanding freight rail presents a significant opportunity to support and create quality U.S. jobs while improving the efficiency of freight movement and ensuring the nation remains competitive in the 21st century global economy, according to a report by the BlueGreen Alliance.
June 13, 2011
BlueGreen Alliance Says Essential Recovery Act Investments Jumpstarted 21st Century Industries, Much More Needed to Put America Back to Work
June 07, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance and its labor and environmental partners today called for the passage of comprehensive transportation reauthorization legislation in 2011.
May 26, 2011 | BlueGreen Alliance, Apollo Alliance
The BlueGreen Alliance and Apollo Alliance announced a merger to strengthen and unify the movement to build a clean energy, good jobs economy to fuel U.S. job creation.
May 25, 2011
Members and representatives from the state's top environmental organizations - the Sierra Club Michigan Chapter and Clean Water Action - today joined with Michigan labor leaders to call for an end to recent attacks on workers' rights - declaring that union workers are Michigan's guardians of the environment.
May 11, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE, POLITICAL ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
A new study shows, for the first time, that federal chemical policy reform can support job creation in the U.S. chemical industry while protecting public health and the environment. The study, produced by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) and commissioned by the BlueGreen Alliance, shows that innovation in sustainable chemistry can reverse the industry's job shedding trend in a market that increasingly requires cleaner, safer production.
April 14, 2011
Following the introduction of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 by New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Charlotte Brody, Director of Chemicals, Public Health and Green Chemistry:
April 06, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After President Obama held a town hall meeting at the United Steelworkers-represented Gamesa wind turbine manufacturing facility in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
April 04, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
"We Are One" kicks off today with more than 1,000 events across the country this week in support of workers' rights. The BlueGreen Alliance a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
April 01, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
President Obama announced the "National Clean Fleets Partnership" in Landover, Maryland. BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster said this partnership was key to winning the jobs of the 21st century.
March 30, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After President Barack Obama renewed his administration's commitment to building a 21st century clean energy economy and winning the jobs and industries of the future, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
March 15, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance released a statement in support the actions by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, urging Congress to reject efforts to weaken this authority, and proposing a series of complementary policies Congress must pass to ensure the U.S. remains competitive while creating millions of American jobs.
March 10, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the Wisconsin Legislature passed Governor Walker's plan to eliminate collective bargaining rights for state workers, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
March 01, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance today announced the launch of a national campaign aimed at creating good jobs in the 21st century economy. Jobs21! - a nine-state grassroots campaign aimed at increasing America's competitiveness to win the jobs and industries of the future - will be spearheaded by former Congressman Mark Schauer of Michigan and the former Minnesota State Senate Assistant Majority Leader Tarryl Clark.
February 18, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Labor and environmental leaders from the BlueGreen Alliance today came together to decry the continuing efforts to dismantle unions through a barrage of legislative proposals designed to weaken collective bargaining and on-the-job protections.
February 17, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE, ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
The Recovery Act's green investments committed through the end of 2010 create or save nearly 1 million jobs, according to a new report released today by the Economic Policy Institute and the BlueGreen Alliance.
February 10, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Two weeks after President Obama called on Americans to win the jobs and industries of the future, and a day after House Republicans proposed steep cuts in critical renewable energy, efficiency, and transit programs, hundreds of union members and environmentalists headed to Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to invest in a healthy and prosperous future by creating clean energy jobs, building a 21st century transportation infrastructure and protecting the health and safety of workers across the country.
January 25, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
In response to the State of the Union, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster commented, "President Obama tonight rightly declared this to be our generation's ‘Sputnik moment.' As a nation, we have the opportunity to launch a new generation of innovation and job creation, and to claim the mantle of global leader in clean energy."
January 13, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Citing the need to grow a supply chain that protects public health, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and ensures good jobs, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) - whose 1.3 million members work in the retail food, meatpacking and poultry, food processing and manufacturing, and retail industries - joined the BlueGreen Alliance.
January 07, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
December unemployment statistics show that the nation's unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent and employment increased by 103,000, the BlueGreen Alliance says we need to do more to put Americans back to work with proven clean energy investments.
December 22, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the U.S. House and Senate today passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which will provide $4.3 billion over five years for health care benefits and compensation for 9/11 first responders, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
December 11, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Following the announcement that negotiators reached an agreement in Cancun, the BlueGreen Alliance released this statement from Executive Director David Foster.
December 07, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
As world leaders continue to negotiate a global agreement to address climate change in Cancun, labor and environmental leaders gathered today at the World of Work Pavilion to urge an agreement that both addresses climate change and ensures a just transition to a clean energy economy that creates good, green jobs in the U.S. and around the world.
December 03, 2010
Following the announcement from the Department of Labor today that the nation's unemployment rate jumped to 9.8 percent in November, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster:
November 29, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
As negotiations begin today on a global climate agreement in Cancun, the BlueGreen Alliance, a national, strategic partnership of nine major U.S. labor unions and four of the nation's most influential environmental organizations, released its agenda for a strong, effective and enforceable international agreement that addresses climate change and begins a just transition to a clean energy economy.
November 29, 2010
Investments in America’s freight rail system could create thousands of green jobs while improving our nation’s infrastructure and reducing carbon emissions and U.S. dependence on foreign oil, according to a report released by the BlueGreen Alliance and the Economic Policy Institute.
November 15, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Stressing the urgency of critical policies to create jobs while reducing emissions and making America more energy independent, the BlueGreen Alliance today released a clean energy agenda for the remaining weeks of the 111th Congress.
November 03, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive David Foster after the 2010 midterm elections on November 2, 2010.
November 03, 2010
After California voters defeated Proposition 23 on Election Day, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster:
October 28, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Citing the state's high unemployment rate and the urgent need to make the environment cleaner and safer, Latino labor and environmental leaders today held a press teleconference to call on voters in California to vote no on Proposition 23 - the effort to repeal California's landmark clean energy jobs and clean air legislation.
October 25, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The U.S. EPA and the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today unveiled the first-ever national fuel efficiency and emissions standards for medium-sized and heavy-duty trucks.
October 22, 2010
After the release of the California unemployment statistics for September showing the state lost an additional 33,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate holding at 12.4 percent, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster issued the following statement:
October 22, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE, NRDC, SIERRA CLUB AND NWF
The BlueGreen Alliance, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and National Wildlife Federation today welcomed a finding by U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) that dumped and subsidized coated paper products from China and Indonesia are threatening to injure U.S. producers and workers, but also urged that the environmental and economic impact of illegal logging be considered as a contributing factor to these unfair subsidies.
October 19, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE, SIERRA CLUB
The BlueGreen Alliance and Sierra Club today announced a targeted mail campaign urging voters in Michigan's Seventh District to vote for Congressman Mark Schauer and against Tim Walberg
October 15, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The USTR announced that the U.S. would initiate an investigation into China's acts, policies and practices affecting trade and investment in green technologies. The BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
October 14, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE, SEIA, CLEAN ECONOMY NETWORK
Citing California's national leadership in clean energy investments and the need to solve the state's job crisis, union leaders, solar energy industry officials, and leading venture capitalists today came together to urge Californians to vote no on Proposition 23, an effort to repeal California's clean air and clean energy standards.
October 08, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE, LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS
The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and BlueGreen Alliance are running a joint television ad - hitting the Michigan airwaves on Saturday - to highlight former Congressman Tim Walberg's record of failure on clean energy jobs in Michigan.
October 06, 2010 | BGA
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) today announced that they had awarded $560,000 to the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation for the Clean Energy Manufacturing Center's effort to aid U.S. manufacturers in developing a domestic supply chain for the emerging wind energy industry.
October 01, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The Obama administration today announced plans to move forward with light-duty vehicle fuel-efficiency standards to cover models years 2017 and beyond. The BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
September 30, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The National Wildlife Federation and the Union of Concerned Scientists joined the BlueGreen Alliance, growing the ranks of the labor-environmental partnership to 13 million members and supporters.
September 22, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
BGA, Sierra Club and NRDC welcomed a decision from the U.S. Department of Commerce issuing its final determinations in the anti-dumping and countervailing investigations of coated paper imports from Indonesia and China, but urged consideration of illegal logging practices.
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation that would enact a federal Renewable Electricity Standard (RES).
September 09, 2010
After the United Steelworkers today filed a petition under Section 301 of U.S. Trade laws alleging that the Chinese government has violated international trade law by providing hundreds of billions of dollars of illegal subsidies to its green technology producers and exporters, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster:
August 23, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Citing the need to rebuild the American auto manufacturing sector by building more efficient vehicles, the UAW announced that they would join the BlueGreen Alliance.
August 16, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance launched a nationwide bus tour aimed at urging Senate action on comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation that will create and save millions of jobs.
August 13, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance is launching a nationwide bus tour to demand action on clean energy legislation that will create and preserve millions of jobs in the United States.
August 06, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After the United Steelworkers announced that they had reached an agreement with two leading Chinese power generation companies to work collaboratively on all aspects of the companies' U.S. market strategies, the BlueGreen Alliance released this statement from Executive Director David Foster.
August 06, 2010 | UNITED STEELWORKERS
The United Steelworkers has signed agreements with A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. and Shenyang Power Group, two of China's leading power generation companies, establishing that USW will guide and work collaboratively on all aspects of the companies' U.S. market strategies.
July 29, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance released a statement on the Clean Ports Act of 2010, authored by U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), which will reduce air pollution at our nation's ports, improve public health, and create good jobs while alleviating the unfair burden placed upon them by the trucking industry.
July 27, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The Aspen Institute awarded its 2010 Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Award for Non-Governmental Organization to the BlueGreen Alliance, a national strategic partnership of eight major U.S. labor unions and two of America's largest environmental organizations.
July 26, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After Senate leaders announced that they would delay action on comprehensive clean energy and climate change legislation, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
July 20, 2010 | UNITED STEELWORKERS, BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
As the U.S. Senate prepares to take up clean energy legislation, members of the United Steelworkers today highlighted the more than 100,000 letters sent from USW members urging action on strong clean energy jobs legislation.
June 28, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE, UNITED STEELWORKERS, AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION
A new report shows how the U.S. wind industry can create tens of thousands of additional jobs manufacturing wind turbines and components if the U.S. passes long-term policies that create a stable market for the domestic wind energy supply chain.
June 22, 2010 | BGA
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman today announced the launch of Thinc.GreenMSP, an unprecedented economic-development partnership between the two cities to retain, grow and attract green-manufacturing businesses and jobs.
June 22, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
A landmark policy EPA policy will engage employees and their union representatives during environmental inspections of the nation's most dangerous industrial facilities.
June 15, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Following President Barack Obama's address from the Oval Office, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster.
June 11, 2010 | UNITED STEELWORKERS, AWEA
The American Wind Energy Association and the United Steelworkers released a joint "Framework Agreement" to create a "Partnership for Progress" in accelerating the development and deployment of wind energy production in the U.S.
June 10, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance sent a letter to Senator Majority Leader Reid expressing that we are eager to work with the Senate “to strengthen and pass comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation that includes vital policies and builds the fair and prosperous clean energy economy that America needs.”
June 04, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Following May unemployment news, and recent indications that the Senate will move comprehensive clean energy and climate change legislation in July, the BlueGreen Alliance said today that passing this legislation will create millions of clean energy jobs.
May 28, 2010 | BGA
President Obama visited the Gulf Coast on May 28, and after his recent statements urging Congress to move forward with climate change legislation, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
May 21, 2010 | BGA
President Barack Obama today instructed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation to develop a national emissions standard for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and to develop standards for cars and light trucks in 2017 and beyond.
May 18, 2010 | BGA
The BlueGreen Alliance today highlighted nearly 400 resolutions from local unions and members around the country urging action on comprehensive clean energy and climate change legislation aimed at creating millions of clean energy jobs while reducing our dependence on foreign oil and protecting our environment for generations to come.
May 12, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance commended Senators Kerry and Lieberman for introducing the American Power Act.
May 06, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Hundreds of people went to Capitol Hill today to lobby members of Congress for comprehensive clean energy and climate change legislation, chemicals reform and clean transportation as part of Green Jobs Advocacy Day.
May 04, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE, ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
Investments in America's freight rail system would create thousands of green jobs, improve the country's infrastructure, reduce dependence on foreign oil and lower carbon emissions, according to a report by BlueGreen Alliance and Economic Policy Institute.
May 03, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE, SIERRA CLUB, RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK, UNITED STEELWORKERS
The BlueGreen Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and United Steelworkers released a report entitled "Illegal Logging in Indonesia: The Environmental, Economic and Social Costs."
April 22, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
On Earth Day, seven members of the United Steelworkers Union - each one representing a part of the supply chain involved in producing clean energy technologies in the United States - visited with lawmakers on Capitol Hill today to urge them to pass legislation with strong job-creating policies.
April 22, 2010 | BlueGreen Alliance
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 21, 2010) Following today’s announcement of Retrofit Ramp-Up Awards by Vice President Biden, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster:
April 15, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance today released a statement after the introduction of the Safe Chemicals Act in the U.S. Senate.
April 14, 2010 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The BlueGreen Alliance today urged Congress to pass comprehensive reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act to protect workers and communities from toxic chemicals, enhance public health and promote safer alternatives. The labor-environmental partnership released a statement outlining eight provisions for comprehensive reform.
March 24, 2010 | Blue Green Alliance
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 24, 2010) Nearly forty union members from nine states traveled to Capitol Hill today to encourage their Senators to immediately pass comprehensive climate change legislation that will create and preserve millions of good jobs building the clean energy economy across the United States.
March 16, 2010 | Blue Green Alliance, Progressive States Network, CWA, Sierra Club
The Blue Green Alliance today commended the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Chairman Genachowski after the release of its National Broadband Plan.
March 11, 2010 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance released a statement from today after the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources conducted a hearing on energy efficiency and job creation.
March 10, 2010 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance announced that the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association joined the fast-growing labor-environmental partnership dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the clean energy economy.
March 04, 2010 | Blue Green Alliance
U.S. Representative Ed Markey, Chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and author of the requirement in the Recovery Act mandating the forthcoming National Broadband Plan, joined labor, environmental and progressive leaders to release a new report highlighting how broadband and related technologies can build a green economic future for America.
March 03, 2010 | Blue Green Alliance, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council
The Blue Green Alliance, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club today applauded a preliminary determination by the U.S. Department of Commerce that Indonesian paper producers have benefited from government subsidies, including the government's provision of timber at below-market prices.
March 01, 2010 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance sent a letter to the U.S. Senate urging them to pass key provisions within various jobs legislation that shape and grow the economy while benefiting workers and the environment. The letter said provisions to save and create jobs must include proper investments and incentives in clean energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, and state fiscal relief.
February 01, 2010 | BLUE GREEN ALLIANCE
After the release of President Obama's fiscal year 2011 Budget, the Blue Green Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
January 28, 2010 | BLUE GREEN ALLIANCE
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Tampa today to announce $8 billion in funding for high-speed rail projects in states across the country.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner held a roundtable discussion with members of the Mayors' Green Manufacturing Initiative, following a tour of a Honeywell in Golden Valley.
January 27, 2010 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance released the following statement after President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech.
January 26, 2010
Twin Cities building owners could save up to $10 million a year by transitioning to Day Shift Cleaning, according to a report released today by the Blue Green Alliance and SEIU Local 26.
January 21, 2010 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance announced that Charlotte Brody joined its staff as Director of Chemicals and Green Chemistry, and Jason Walsh joined the Blue Green Alliance as Director of Policy and Strategic Partnerships.
January 06, 2010
Blue Green Alliance Foundation, United Steelworkers, MnSCU Developing Green Manufacturing Training Program in Minnesota
December 19, 2009 | BLUE GREEN ALLIANCE
The Blue Green Alliance commended world leaders for reaching a historic agreement in Copenhagen to combat climate change and urged that a final treaty be focused on creating good, green jobs around the world.
December 08, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The 190,000 members of America's largest transit union, the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), joined the Blue Green Alliance.
December 07, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
As world leaders begin negotiations on a global agreement to reduce carbon emissions, the Blue Green Alliance today released a statement outlining its goals to reach an international agreement that reduces worldwide and U.S. emissions with the goal of creating millions of good jobs building the clean energy economy in the United States.
The Blue Green Alliance announced several events and spokespeople that will attend the COP 15 meetings in Copenhagen. Check back to www.bluegreenalliance.org for updates.
December 03, 2009 | BLUE GREEN ALLIANCE, NEW JERSEY WORK ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL
More than 100 prominent labor and environmental organizations, are asking U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to enforce an existing law encouraging worker and union participation during EPA inspections of facilities using extremely hazardous substances.
November 06, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance will begin running a television ad tomorrow in Pennsylvania to thank Senator Arlen Specter for his vote to move clean energy legislation forward in the U.S. Senate.
November 04, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown joined the Blue Green Alliance today to discuss policy recommendations made in a new report aimed at creating hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs through development of a clean energy economy in the United States.
October 28, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
David Foster, Executive Director of the Blue Green Alliance testifies today in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
October 19, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance released a statement after the release of the Middle Class Task Force's Recovery Through Retrofit report.
September 30, 2009 | BLUE GREEN ALLIANCE
The Blue Green Alliance released a statement with the introduction of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act in the United States Senate.
September 24, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
As the G-20 Summit begins in Pittsburgh, the Blue Green Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster:
September 23, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance, Repower America
The Alliance for Climate Protection's Repower America campaign, the United Steelworkers and the Blue Green Alliance concluded their Made in America Clean Energy Jobs Tour with a rally in Pittsburgh today. The Jobs Tour, a month-long campaign with more than 50 events in 22 states.
September 22, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
Following President Barack Obama’s address today before the United Nations Climate Change Summit, the Blue Green Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster:
September 04, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance released a statement today after the Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate has increased to 9.7 percent, with a loss of 216,000 jobs in August.
September 02, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance, Repower America
Congressman John Dingell and Obama Administration Department of Energy Official David Sandalow joined clean energy workers, business owners, labor leaders and community members last night in River Rouge, Michigan for the Made in America Jobs Tour.
September 02, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance, Repower Indiana
U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson joined workers, business owners, labor leaders and community members Tuesday in Gary, Ind., for the Made in America Jobs Tour.
August 19, 2009
The Alliance for Climate Protection's Repower America campaign, in partnership with the Blue Green Alliance and its labor and environmental partners, today embarked on a nationwide Made in America Jobs tour.
August 12, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
Following the release of a report by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) today, the Blue Green Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster.
August 06, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance released a statement after ten U.S. Senators wrote to President Barack Obama to convey the need to maintain a level playing field for American manufacturing in climate change legislation.
July 16, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance, AFT
The Blue Green Alliance today announced that the 1.4-million-member American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has joined the fast-growing labor-environmental partnership.
July 14, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance is running television and newspaper advertisements thanking members of Congress for voting in favor of comprehensive clean energy and climate change legislation.
June 27, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
After the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the Blue Green Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
June 26, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
Following the announcement that the Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology (IMPACT) ACT will be included in the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the Blue Green Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster.
June 23, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
As Congress debates clean energy legislation, the Blue Green Alliance today announced that the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) will join the fast-growing labor-environmental partnership.
June 19, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance, along with an array of labor unions and environmental organizations, said today that they oppose allowing heavier and longer trucks, including huge triple-trailer trucks, on the nation's highways.
June 17, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster after Senator Sherrod Brown announced the Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology (IMPACT) Act.
June 17, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance, Sierra Club
A diverse coalition of groups representing more than 10 million Americans launched a major advertising campaign this week urging Congress to pass and strengthen the American Clean Energy & Security Act, which is likely to come up for a vote on the House floor next week.
June 15, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance, REPP
More than 850,000 manufacturing jobs at firms already in existence across all 50 states could be created with the enactment of a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) of 25 percent by 2025.
June 08, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance, New Jersey Work Environment Council
The Blue Green Alliance announced today that the New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) will join the national labor-environmental partnership as a New Jersey affiliate.
May 21, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
On Thursday May 21, 2009, Blue Green Alliance Executive Director David Foster received the Peter A.A. Berle Environmental Integrity Award at the office of the Century Foundation in New York City.
The Blue Green Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster after the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act.
May 13, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
BGA released a statement from Executive Director David Foster after news that House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats reached consensus on international competitiveness provisions.
April 22, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
On Earth Day, Blue Green Alliance Executive Director David Foster testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce as part of a panel on "Green Jobs and Economic Benefits."
The Blue Green Alliance today said that working people are the new faces of Earth Day, and that Congress must pass the Employee Free Choice Act to ensure jobs in the clean energy economy are good, family-supporting green jobs.
April 15, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance began running ads this week in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio entitled, "America Wants Green Jobs" to highlight working people in the green economy and to encourage strong climate change legislation in 2009.
March 31, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance said that the Waxman-Markey bill takes a first step toward building a strong clean energy economy.
March 30, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
Yvette Pena Lopes joined BGA as Director of Legislation and Intergovernmental Affairs in Washington, D.C. Pena Lopes comes to BGA after working as Legislative Representative for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
March 27, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The four labor unions and two environmental organizations that make up the Blue Green Alliance announced their support for comprehensive cap-and-trade climate change legislation in 2009, which they said will rapidly put millions of Americans back to work and reduce global warming emissions.
March 19, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The Middle Class Task Force visited New Flyer in St. Cloud, Minnesota, a bus company that produces low-emission, alternative-fuel vehicles to discuss how the Recovery Act will help the middle class at a facility where many employees are members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA).
March 10, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
Labor and environmental leaders came together in Indianapolis to launch the Indiana Blue Green Alliance, a coalition of labor unions and environmental organizations dedicated to building a clean energy economy in Indiana that creates good jobs and helps to protect the environment.
February 27, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance praised the first Middle Class Task Force Meeting in Philadelphia and its focus on green jobs as a pathway to a strong middle class in the United States.
February 06, 2009 | Good Jobs, Green JObs
After a multitude of plenary speeches, workshops, a Green Jobs Expo, and Green Jobs Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson delivered the final keynote address of the second Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference.
February 04, 2009 | Good Jobs, Green Jobs
Bringing their ideas for economic recovery to the nation's capital, more than 2,500 advocates of investments in a green jobs stimulus convened at the Marriott Wardman Park and Omni Shoreham Hotels today for the opening of the Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference.
February 03, 2009 | Good Jobs, Green JObs
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will address more than 2,500 labor, environmental and business advocates on Friday, February 6, at 11:40 a.m. EST at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. during the Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference.
January 08, 2009 | Kansas Blue Green Alliance
With Kansas standing to gain more than 11,000 manufacturing jobs in renewable energy, local labor unions, community and farm organizations, and environmental groups came together to form a Kansas chapter of the Blue Green Alliance.
December 11, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance
SEIU and LIUNA announced that they would join the Blue Green Alliance, a growing labor-environmental partnership to mobilize the nation to transform the U.S. economy by investing in clean energy and other global warming solutions.
December 03, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance spotlighted the value of a "green recovery" for the United States at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), December 1-12, in Poznań, Poland.
November 06, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance today said green jobs were a defining issue in the 2008 elections. And with news that the number of people continuing to receive unemployment benefits reached its highest level in more than 25 years, the national partnership between labor unions and environmental organizations also said that the U.S. should move forward with a "green recovery" to create jobs, increase energy independence and reduce global warming pollution.
October 08, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance
As the U.S. faces high energy prices and a severe economic crisis, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) today announced that they would join the Blue Green Alliance. Together with the Sierra Club and United Steelworkers, the Alliance now unites more than four million people in an unprecedented partnership to realize the enormous potential of the green economy.
September 09, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance
A new report released today shows that the United States can create 2 million jobs over two years by investing in a rapid green economic recovery program. The report also shows this $100 billion green investment package would create nearly four times more jobs than spending the same amount of money within the oil industry, and would reduce the unemployment rate to 4.4 percent over two years.
August 01, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance
As the unemployment rate reached a four-year high, and after Congress failed this week to extend essential renewable-energy tax credits, the Blue Green Alliance said today that the U.S. is missing an enormous opportunity to create middle-class green jobs that will reinvigorate our economy, increase our energy independence and fight the global-climate crisis.
July 30, 2008 | Star Tribune, July 30, 2008
July 21, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance today welcomed former Vice President Al Gore's challenge to build a new energy economy, saying that investments in renewable-energy alternatives will help to create middle-class green jobs in the United States.
June 26, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance
Increasing investment in the "green" economy could produce tens of thousands of new Ohio manufacturing jobs in the coming years. That was the consensus of more than 75 people who attended a town hall Wednesday night hosted by USW, BGA and the We Campaign.
June 03, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance, Green Jobs for America
Workers at every skill level will be in high demand and enjoy greater job security in key industries essential to building a clean-energy economy in America and fighting global warming, according to a new report released today by a coalition of conservation and labor groups.
April 22, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance
Mayors Chris Coleman of Saint Paul and R.T. Rybak of Minneapolis presented a commissioned study providing a blueprint for both cities to pursue green manufacturing opportunities and take advantage of the expanding business sectors around green products and design. Leaders from government, labor, business, academia and environmental groups joined together to release the study.
March 31, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance joined the Alliance for Climate Protection, the nonprofit organization founded by Vice President Al Gore, as part of its rapidly expanding coalition of organizations taking steps to solve the climate crisis.
January 01, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance, Alliance for Climate Protection and Repower America
Find out more about the Made in America Jobs Tour.
January 01, 2008 | Blue Green Alliance, United Steelworkers, Repower America
Join us in Pittsburgh on September 23 at 7 p.m. for a rally for clean energy jobs.
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