BlueGreen Alliance Director, Manufacturing & Advanced Transportation Zoe Lipman today testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs at a hearing entitled “21st Century Communities: Capitalizing on Opportunities in the Clean Energy Economy.”

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced the Clean Energy for America Act. In response, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh.

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all counts for the murder of George Floyd by a jury of his peers. The following is a statement from BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh:

In his testimony, Jason Walsh highlighted that America’s offshore wind industry is growing quickly and provides us with a potential model for  creating quality, family-sustaining jobs while helping to drive the nation’s clean energy future. By supporting a wide variety of workforce development strategies, including union training and registered apprenticeship programs, the Offshore Wind Jobs…

Brenda Mallory today was confirmed as the next Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).

President Joe Biden will shortly unveil his American Jobs Plan to boost the economy. In advance of the announcement, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh: “We came into the COVID-19 pandemic with three intersecting crises: climate change, income inequality, and racial injustice. To address any one of these crises…

We need immediate action that will build a more just, equitable, clean, and more prosperous American economy.

A new website released today examines the healthy building practices in more than 20 residential building certifications. The site, BuildingHealthy.org, focuses on healthy building practices that have a direct impact on occupants and that are considered permanent features of the building.

This case study focuses on the passage of first-of-its-kind just transition legislation in Colorado, which provides valuable lessons to advocates for coal communities and workers in other states and a glimpse into the challenges that lie ahead.

Brenda Mallory is the right person for this job. And she can bring her leadership and experience to CEQ to do this critical work in ways that lifts up communities and workers and prioritizes investments in workers and communities that need it most.

Janet McCabe is the right person to take this vision forward at the EPA, with extensive knowledge of environmental law and decades of experience working on critical issues such as air quality, climate change, and children’s environmental health.

Marty Walsh today was confirmed as the U.S. Secretary of Labor. In response, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh: