Cleaning up orphaned wells in the U.S. is a great example of how America’s environmental challenges can also be economic opportunities. In communities across the country, these wells pose significant public health and environmental hazards, often leaking methane gas, contaminating surface and groundwater, and degrading ecosystems.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today the allocation of $3.16 billion for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The WAP provides funds for low-income households to increase the energy efficiency of their homes, lowering energy bills.

BlueGreen Alliance Midwest Regional Field Organizer Richard Diaz testified at the House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing on water infrastructure called “Trusting the Tap: Upgrading America’s Drinking Water Infrastructure.”

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced today the upcoming auction of two lease areas for the development of offshore wind in the Carolina Long Bay. The leases cover more than 110,000 acres and once developed, could provide enough offshore wind energy to power nearly 500,000 homes.

Oregon State Governor Kate Brown has signed into law House Bill 4139, which will ensure the state is modernizing infrastructure in a more environmentally friendly way to fight climate change. The new law, Buy Clean Oregon, will require state regulators to conduct life cycle assessments for select construction and maintenance materials used for public infrastructure…

U.S. Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO) and David Rouzer (R-NC) introduced the Championing Local Efforts to Advance Resilience (CLEAR) Act this week. The bipartisan bill authorizes $200 million annually for five years in grants to help states and tribes take steps to improve their resilience to natural disasters and the impacts of climate change; encourages grant…

We Answer Your Questions About the EPA’s 2021 Methane Proposal and How It Will Create Jobs, Reduce Methane Pollution, and Protect Workers and Communities The following post is from BlueGreen Alliance Associate Policy Advisor Karsyn Kendrick. Back in November, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Proposed Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, Modified,…

Hydrogen is an interesting opportunity to put people to work in the clean economy using the careers and skill-sets that they have today. Hydrogen is currently produced for a number of uses in the U.S., and reducing emissions from that process will allow workers to retain jobs while we make progress on climate goals. The industry also requires existing skill-sets in construction and operations and maintenance and hydrogen as a fuel can substitute for fossil fuels for some industrial processes. 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new initiative to build up the nation’s lithium battery supply chain during a meeting of the Biden administration’s Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities today in West Virginia.

Members of the BlueGreen Alliance today released a comment to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that urged strong implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). In the comment, Sierra Club, United Steelworkers (USW), National Wildlife Federation, Union of Concerned Scientists, League of Conservation Voters, Service Employees International Union, Utility Workers Union of America,…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released guidance related to the use of funding included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to repair, replace, and modernize the nation’s aging water infrastructure. The BIL invests $55 billion in water systems—the largest federal investment ever—including a little over $15 billion to fund the replacement of lead service…

Today, the BlueGreen Alliance released two new videos featuring members from West Virginia local unions—the United Steelworkers (USW), American Federation of Teachers West Virginia (AFT-WV), Service Employees International Union (SEIU)—and members of the National Black Lung Association, including a former mineworker suffering from Black Lung Disease and a woman who lost her husband to the disease.