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Visualizing the Clean Economy

Hundreds of thousands of American workers are building the technology needed to make our cars and trucks more fuel efficient than ever. View our dynamic data and interactive maps that capture real world technology manufacturing and jobs in the transportation and energy sectors today.

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The BlueGreen Alliance unites America’s largest labor unions and its most influential environmental organizations to solve today’s environmental challenges in ways that create and maintain quality jobs and build a stronger, fairer economy.

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about the impacts of climate change and the job-creating opportunities of environmental protections.

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between environmentalists, union members and other stakeholders on shared goals.

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for good jobs, a clean environment, and a thriving and fair economy.

Americans don’t have to choose between creating good jobs and protecting the environment. We can and must do both.

At a time when money was tight, one county in Michigan found a way to provide much needed energy and water efficiency upgrades to their buildings—creating quality local jobs, reducing pollution, and saving taxpayers' money along the way.

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American-made energy efficient boiler.

In California, the BlueGreen Alliance worked with labor unions and environmental organizations to help enact SB 1371, which compels the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) to improve leak identification, repair, and avoidance, as well as better account for the climate change impact of natural gas leaks in the state’s natural gas distribution systems.

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Natural gas distribution pipe meter.

Throughout our history, the BlueGreen Alliance has worked not just domestically, but also on the international stage with leaders of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to find solutions for climate change that also create economic opportunity and a just transition for those impacted by this move to a clean, low-carbon economy.

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Help Make Your Workplace Safer and Healthier

Get informed about the dangers in your workplace by visiting Chemhat.org or by having an event highlighting breast cancer in the workplace using our Putting Breast Cancer Out of Work materials.

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BlueGreen Alliance Urges EPA not to Weaken Chemical Disaster Rule at Public Hearing

On June 14 in Washington, D.C., the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted its only public hearing on its proposal to weaken the Chemical Disaster Rule. BlueGreen Alliance National Director for Occupational and Environmental Health Mike Wilson and Executive and Program Assistant Alana Byrd were among the many witnesses urging the agency not to rollback the important protections included in the rule.

Congress’ Latest Moves Will Hurt U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness

The U.S. has a long history of leadership in innovation spurred and encouraged by forward-looking partnership with government. From the Apollo program, which brought us to the moon, to DARPA, which brought us the Internet, our nation’s history is full of smart programs supported by federal agencies that have helped the U.S. push the bounds of technology. Unfortunately, at a time when the competitiveness of the nation’s businesses and jobs most depends on it, proposals from our own government appear to be leaving that American tradition behind.

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