Today’s vote against Trade Adjustment Assistance by the U.S. House of Representatives has blocked progress on Fast Track authority. BlueGreen Alliance’s Executive Director Kim Glas issued the following statement.

Before the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Trade Promotion Authority—also known as Fast Track—the BlueGreen Alliance urged members of the House to reject the proposal because it removes critically important checks and balances.

A provision added into the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 effectively removes the ability of the United States to include obligations in free trade agreements to address climate change in trade deals.

The BlueGreen Alliance today announced that Kelly Schwinghammer is the organization’s new Executive Vice President, Lee Anderson has been named Director of Legislation and Policy and Katie Gulley will serve as Organizing Director.

Our Vice President of Health Initiatives says the House’s TSCA Modernization Act is improved over previous versions, there are still too many significant flaws that need to be fixed.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy today will announce the finalization of a rule to clarify Clean Water Act protections that impact the drinking water supply of over one hundred million Americans.

Repair America is our grassroots campaign to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure to better meet the challenge of climate change, while building a more prosperous, clean economy. Modernizing and extending our broadband network is critical to this effort.

What do Boston, New York, Indianapolis and Syracuse all have in common? They’re all cities part of the Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) methane leaks interactive data map of where the methane leaks are located in a given city.

BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Kim Glas responds to the Senate’s failure to pass a procedural vote in order to move forward with consideration of the bill on fast-track trade authority.

As the House Ways and Means Committee considers Fast Track Trade authority and several new international trade agreements, national labor and environmental leaders offered another view of what Fast Track would mean for the American people.

The Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) outlines strategies to strengthen our nation’s energy infrastructure, to include modernizing our electric grid and natural gas distribution pipelines to make them more resilient and reduce climate change pollution.

Trade Promotion Authority—also known as Fast Track legislation—was introduced in Congress. BlueGreen Alliance’s Executive Director Kim Glas released the following statement.