The National Wildlife Federation partnered with the BlueGreen Alliance and the Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council to bring more than 100 leaders in labor and workforce development out to the Block Island Wind Farm to witness the debut project in action.

Last Thursday, the Trump administration officially announced that the United States would withdraw from the historic Paris agreement—a commitment of nearly every country in the world to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and which aims to keep the planet’s warming below 2 degrees Celsius.

At an event in Cleveland, Sen. Sherrod Brown and panelists answered questions from the moderator and offered their perspective on how America can achieve fair trade deals now and in the future.

After President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris agreement, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director Kim Glas: “Withdrawing the United States from the Paris agreement is an abdication of this country’s responsibility to fight the climate crisis and to capitalize on the significant job-creating opportunities in a clean economy.”

Following the release of President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director Kim Glas.

Building clean vehicle technology directly supports 288,000 manufacturing and engineering jobs in the United States, according to a new report released by labor and environmental leaders. These workers are employed at more than 1,200 factories and engineering facilities in 48 states, making technology that improves fuel economy for today’s innovative vehicles—everything from more efficient transmissions and turbo-charged engines to light-weight steel and aluminum to electric power steering and regenerative braking.

Over the past decade, the U.S. automotive industry has demonstrated that we can bring back American jobs and manufacturing and enhance industry competitiveness and profitability. American workers are building world-leading, popular vehicles that save consumers billions at the pump, enhance energy security, and cut pollution.

A state board unanimously approved new refinery safety rules in California that will make a real difference for tens of thousands of California workers and residents.

More than 100 organizations, local governments, community development entities, and labor unions today sent a letter to Congress in support of funding for critical federal agencies and programs that have been most active in targeting assistance to communities and workers adapting to shifts in energy generation.

The BlueGreen Alliance called for strong support of critical EPA safeguards that protect the health and safety of workers, communities, and the environment, many of which also drive innovation and job creation.

The U.S. Senate today voted 51-49 against a procedural motion to advance S.J. Res. 11, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval blocking efforts to curb the waste of methane in natural gas production on federal and Tribal lands, also known as the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Methane Rule.

Thousands of Minnesotans are employed at more than 70 facilities across the state supplying parts, supplying parts, remanufacturing existing products and manufacturing and assembling transit vehicles and infrastructure in our state and around the country.