The strengthened and newly established tax credits for clean energy in the Inflation Reduction Act will not only drive the deployment of clean energy technologies and dramatically reduce pollution, but also provide high-quality jobs in the clean economy. This document will offer answers to some of the most common questions on these rules.

New analysis commissioned by National Skills Coalition (NSC) and the BlueGreen Alliance (BGA), shows that combined historic investments in clean energy, manufacturing, and infrastructure from three new federal laws—the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the CHIPS and Science Act—will create more than 190,000 jobs per year combined in Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, and Oregon over the next decade.

A comment to the U.S. Department of Energy argues transmission is critical to deploying clean energy resources quickly, safely, and reliably across the country and to creating high-quality, union jobs.

Labor, education, and community leaders met Thursday at Forest Edge Elementary School in Fitchburg, WI to explore the clean tech upgrades made to the school that are examples of projects that would be eligible for brand new federal tax credits for school districts, municipalities, and other tax-exempt entities through a U.S. Treasury program called “direct pay,” which functions like a cash reimbursement from the IRS.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today published final rules on the Inflation Reduction Act’s prevailing wage and registered apprenticeship requirements. In response to the release of the final rules, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh.

The Environmental Policy Innovation Center, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Coalition on Lead Emergency and other signatories listed below, offered comments on Wisconsin’s Draft SFY2025 Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) Intended Use Plan to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. These comments focus on the lead service line replacement portion of the SDWLP.

Companies and economic development agencies around the country today tuned into a webinar series from the BlueGreen Alliance (BGA), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Evergreen Action, and the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) designed to help companies create competitive applications for the final round of funding from the 48C Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit. 

The BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) enthusiastically endorsed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for re-election during a virtual press conference today. This is the second presidential endorsement in the organization’s 18-year history.

A new Minnesota law expands prevailing wage coverage on publicly financed housing projects. Minnesota will be the first state in the nation to mandate prevailing wages on projects funded by Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC).

On behalf of the BlueGreen Alliance, our partners, and the millions of members and supporters they represent, we thank the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for the opportunity to comment on the draft environmental assessment for Oregon. Our recommendations can be read in this comment letter.

A promising strategy to achieve these dual goals of reducing emissions while investing in U.S. clean manufacturing is the implementation of a carbon border fee. This fee would be applied to imported industrial products that have a higher carbon intensity than their domestic equivalents, effectively rewarding domestic production manufactured under stronger environmental and labor regulations.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed three pieces of legislation in mid-May that were designed to benefit schools, workers, and families around the state.