Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $6 billion in awards to 33 projects across more than 20 states through its Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations’ Industrial Demonstrations Program (IDP). This funding—made possible by initiatives championed by President Biden and Democrats in Congress and passed into law—will help strengthen local economies across the nation and create and sustain tens of thousands of good-paying, high-quality jobs—particularly those that support worker organizing and collective bargaining.

Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $75 million to fund an industrial transformation project at Cleveland Cliffs’ Butler Works steel facility. The funding is provided by DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations’ Industrial Demonstrations Program (IDP).

Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $500 million to fund a new Century Aluminum facility. The funding is provided by DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations’ Industrial Demonstrations Program (IDP). The project is expected to create roughly 1,000 permanent high-wage union jobs and 5,500 construction jobs. Century Aluminum will work with job training…

Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $500 million to fund and industrial transformation project at Cleveland Cliffs’ Middletown Works facility in Ohio. The funding is provided by DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations’ Industrial Demonstrations Program (IDP). The project is expected to create 170 permanent jobs and 1,200 temporary union construction jobs, while…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today unveiled updated guidance for the energy community tax bonus included in the Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.

As community leaders and elected officials work to unlock billions in federal funding to reduce climate pollution, the BlueGreen Alliance has released a new user guide. Job Quality and Community Benefits in the Climate Pollution Reduction Implementation Grants: A User Guide breaks down the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), offering information on how to meet application criteria and how to create high-quality jobs, engage communities, and develop community benefits. 

With the right implementation, the Manufacturing Capital Connector (MCC) could be a critical pathway through which the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) can support domestic manufacturing growth and industrial decarbonization, while creating good union jobs, re-shoring clean technology supply chains, and delivering public health and environmental benefits to the workers and communities that need it most. 

The BlueGreen Alliance responded to a Notice of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Future Floating Wind Energy Development Related to 2023 Leased Areas Offshore California.

A new report from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) examines labor supply, demand, and potential shortages from new U.S. clean energy, manufacturing, and infrastructure laws: the Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and CHIPS and Science Act.

The BlueGreen Alliance submitted comments on the 45V Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit program, highlighting how hydrogen can be a critical technology for reducing emissions in hard to abate sectors of the economy—if done right.

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm today detailed the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) industrial strategy, focused on supporting domestic manufacturing; reducing emissions; creating and sustaining high-quality jobs; ensuring maximum benefits to communities; and promoting fairness, diversity, and inclusion in the clean energy economy.

The 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit provides the largest ever investment in U.S. manufacturing of clean energy technologies. These investments are core to our mission to link climate action with good union jobs and to counter the racial and income inequality fed by manufacturing job losses. 45X is critical to the Inflation Reduction Act’s larger strategy to reduce industrial emissions and pollution, re-shore clean technology supply chains, support good manufacturing jobs, and spur U.S. global competitiveness.