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) joined the 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.

The BlueGreen Alliance applauded the passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act,, which provided $4.3 billion over five years for health care and compensation for 9/11 first responders.

BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster sent a letter to members of the House and Senate to convey disappointment in the exclusion of funding for the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit (48C) in the Tax bill.

Following the announcement that negotiators reached an agreement in Cancun, the BlueGreen Alliance said the agreement represented a balanced path forward to address climate change.

Roanoke, VA – 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. Members of the labor, business and environmental communities gathered today at…

As world leaders negotiate a global agreement 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.

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 said Congress must act now to create good clean energy jobs.

Congressman Lipinski, State Rep. Nekritz, and Others Highlight “Full Speed Ahead” Report on Job Creation Potential and Environmental Benefits of Freight Rail

As negotiations begin today on a global climate agreement in Cancun, the BlueGreen Alliance released its agenda for an international agreement that addresses climate change and begins a just transition to a clean energy economy.

Members of Indiana’s labor, business and environmental communities held a conference call today to highlight the report and the benefits to the state of implementing smart policies to spur freight rail investment.

In advance of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in Cancun, the BlueGreen Alliance outlined its priorities for an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.