Press Releases & Statements / Offshore Clean Energy
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, at the direction of U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, issued a stop-work order for the Empire Offshore Wind project.
Press Releases & Statements / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
The BlueGreen Alliance released its 2025 Manufacturing Roadmap today. The resource highlights major progress made in domestic manufacturing growth and recommendations for further action to secure the clean manufacturing renaissance our country needs. The roadmap emphasizes that clean manufacturing is the future of all manufacturing, and therefore competitiveness depends on sustaining investment in industrial transformation.
Policy Priorities / Workers' Rights
States, municipalities, and companies can protect workers who are exposed to extreme heat by ensuring that safeguards are put into a written policy and enforced. The checklist below is your tool to ensure that workers are safeguarded against the threat of deadly heat exposure. Provisions are science-backed and designed to prevent heat illness before it…
Press Releases & Statements / Other
President Donald Trump issued an executive order late yesterday evening attempting to stop the enforcement of state and local laws related to climate change. The order targets state or local policies that address climate change, environmental justice, carbon or greenhouse gas emissions, cap and trade or carbon tax initiatives, and more.
Press Releases & Statements / Equity and Healthy and Safe Communities
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began laying off thousands of workers yesterday under the direction of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This was part of the agency’s reduction in force plan to fire 10,000 HHS workers.
Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
President Donald Trump issued an executive order late Thursday night that would end collective bargaining for any federal employee he determines is working on matters of national security.
Blog / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Voters expect companies to provide high-quality employment, support workers, and actively engage with the local community when investing in facilities connected to the clean economy. That’s what the BlueGreen Alliance and Data for Progress found in a new nationwide survey.
Testimony & Comments / Offshore Clean Energy
On behalf of the BlueGreen Alliance (BGA), our partners, and the members and supporters they represent, we are writing to express our strong support for issuing the Air Quality Permits to Construct for US Wind’s Maryland Offshore Wind Project. These permits are a critical and responsible step in Maryland’s clean energy transition, ensuring that offshore wind development moves forward while maintaining air quality safeguards. You can read our recommendations to the Maryland Department of Environment in the comments linked below.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin today announced plans to overturn more than 30 regulations and other policies that protect public health, support job creation, and ensure that Americans have access to clean air.
Press Releases & Statements / Other
The BlueGreen Alliance (BGA), a coalition of labor unions and environmental organizations, today announced the addition of Ceres to its partnership. Ceres is an advocacy nonprofit organization that works with companies and investors to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and sustainable economy.