We write in strong opposition to the Office of Personnel Management’s proposed rule titled “Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service,” published on April 23, 2025. Contrary to its stated intentions, this proposed rule would severely undermine the integrity and professionalism of the federal civil service by
reviving and expanding upon the discredited “Schedule F” policy from the first Trump administration—rebranded as “Schedule Policy/Career.”

The Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it would cancel more than $3.7 billion in funding for cutting edge manufacturing projects across the country. Many of the defunded projects were in Republican districts that voted heavily for President Donald Trump. China announced earlier this year that it is funding 100 industrial demonstration projects to produce similar decarbonization technologies.

In a nearly party-line vote, House Republicans passed a budget reconciliation bill that would effectively kill clean energy and manufacturing tax credits. Every single Democratic member of the House voted against the bill.

Overnight, Republicans on the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means and the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to approve proposed bill text for the Congressional reconciliation process.

The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) voted yesterday in favor of a reconciliation bill proposal that would cut all unspent money for federal Buy Clean pilot programs.

President Donald Trump celebrated the first 100 days of his second term in office today. Since he took the oath of office, Trump has put America on the path to a recession, gutted our government’s capacity to serve the public good, assaulted workers’ rights, and punished his political enemies. 

A group of California labor, environmental, and community organizations today sent a letter to the California Environmental Protection Agency and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) in opposition to the proposed amendments to the state’s landmark Process Safety Management (PSM) rules.

The BlueGreen Alliance released its 2025 Manufacturing Roadmap today. The resource highlights major progress made in domestic manufacturing growth and recommendations for further action to secure the clean manufacturing renaissance our country needs. The roadmap emphasizes that clean manufacturing is the future of all manufacturing, and therefore competitiveness depends on sustaining investment in industrial transformation. 

 President Donald Trump issued an executive order late yesterday evening attempting to stop the enforcement of state and local laws related to climate change. The order targets state or local policies that address climate change, environmental justice, carbon or greenhouse gas emissions, cap and trade or carbon tax initiatives, and more. 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin today announced plans to overturn more than 30 regulations and other policies that protect public health, support job creation, and ensure that Americans have access to clean air.

In this letter, we address Senate Minority Leader Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Jeffries, Committee on Appropriations Vice Chair Rep. Murray, and Committee on Appropriations Ranking Member Rep. DeLauro. As they continue funding bill negotiations to avoid a government shutdown by March 14th, we write in support of their efforts to include language mandating that the…

The U.S. Department of Education announced it is cutting 50% of its staff. These layoffs are considered phase one of completely shuttering the Department of Education—an agency established by Congress. This is part of a plan first outlined in Project 2025, the Trump administration’s policy blueprint.