To succeed in creating a new economy that values American workers, families, and our environment, we must ensure that nobody falls through the cracks. To do so we must build a globally competitive social safety net and reject the false narrative pushed by those intent on stifling the growth of the clean economy.

In a detailed analysis released today of the impact of the administration’s proposal to rollback the nation’s leading fuel economy and vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG) standards, the BlueGreen Alliance found that the U.S. stands to miss out on thousands of future manufacturing jobs in a variety of sectors within the auto industry.

In this report, we unpack these topline statistics and look in detail at the impact of less stringent standards on demand for clean vehicle technologies and the companies that build them. We look both at today’s vehicle technology manufacturing jobs that may be impacted if standards are weakened, and estimate the impact on future jobs and job growth in the industry.

The BlueGreen Alliance today announced that Jason Walsh would be joining the organization as its new Executive Director on August 1.

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Raise the Wage Act of 2019, a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. Following the bill’s passage, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Interim Co-Executive Director Mike Williams:

Any plan to address climate change that is not in line with what the science calls for is doomed to fail. That’s why when the BlueGreen Alliance and our labor and environmental partners drafted Solidarity for Climate Action science was front and center, and that’s why we’ve called for the United States to be on a path to net zero emissions by 2050.

The 4th of July means its peak summer: barbecues, kids at the pool, roadwork, farm stands, and summer driving—in all kinds of vehicles.

Groups Say Platform Will Create Good-Paying Jobs, Address Income Inequality and the Climate Crisis

The Clean Water Rule was put in place by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers to help communities and to restore protections for wetlands, streams, and other bodies of water that supply drinking water to 117 million Americans.

The offshore wind industry holds great potential for creating quality, family-sustaining jobs while producing clean, renewable energy. As more wind farms spring up off America’s coasts, demand for the highly skilled workers needed to complete these innovative projects will grow as well. We need our workers to be ready to embrace this opportunity.

Yesterday, Senate Democrats, led by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Tom Carper (D-Del), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) introduced the International Climate Accountability Act, which would ensure the United States remains a party to the Paris Agreement and works to meet its commitments under the agreement. The bill is a companion to H.R. 9, which passed the House of Representative in early May.

Yesterday, Reps. Bill Keating (D-Md.), Joseph Kennedy III (D-Mass.), Alan Lowenthal (D-Cali.), Donald McEachin (D-Va.), and Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) reintroduced the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act. The bill creates a federal grant program to assist colleges, universities, state and local governments, unions, and nonprofits in the development of programs to prepare workers for jobs in the nation’s offshore wind industry.