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Building Clean: Buy Local, Buy Healthy

The Energy Efficiency Products Database is supported by the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation and it highlights a broad range of energy efficiency housing products and forms part of a larger national initiative to accelerate the retrofit of multifamily, low-income facilities.

Good Jobs

Solidarity for Climate Action: The Plan We Need to Get American Manufacturing Back on Track

Manufacturing towns dot the nation, and advanced manufacturing helps provide the foundation for the economy in major regions of the United States. Industries like the steel and automotive industries supported good-paying jobs, middle-class families, and prosperous communities for decades, while also spurring American leadership in innovation and technology. That’s still true in some areas. But in many others, factories have closed or new industries offer jobs that all too often are poorly paid, insecure, or unsafe.

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Press Releases / Climate Change & the Clean Economy

Long Bay Lease Sale Illustrates Continued Growth in Offshore Wind Industry

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday convened a lease auction covering more than 110,000 acres in the Carolina Long Bay area. The sale totaled more than $300 million. The leases could enable development of an estimated 1.3 gigawatts of offshore wind energy.
In response to the conclusion of the lease sale, the BlueGreen Alliance released the a statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh.

Blog / Climate Change & the Clean Economy

Make Your Voice Heard: Tell the Virginia SCC to Support the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project and Ensure Maximum Benefits to Virginian Workers

The Virginia 2020 Clean Energy Economy Act requires that offshore wind energy projects maximize local economic benefits and prioritize jobs for historically disadvantaged workers and Virginia residents. The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) must certify that the CVOW project will deliver such benefits, and is now accepting written comments. Verbal Comments will be received by phone beginning at 10 a.m. on May 16.

Research / Advanced Manufacturing

Build Back Better and Clean Energy Tax Reconciliation

The build out of clean energy and domestic clean technology manufacturing and supply chains is not only good for our climate and economy, but can support our energy independence and security. We have an opportunity to pass legislation that will address climate change, create and support good union jobs, and benefit workers and communities across the country. And we can do this while getting a massive return on investment and ensuring our competitiveness in the global energy economy. 

Testimony / Advanced Manufacturing

BlueGreen Alliance Responds to Request for Information on Regional Clean Hubs Implementation Strategy

Hydrogen is an interesting opportunity to put people to work in the clean economy using the careers and skill-sets that they have today. Hydrogen is currently produced for a number of uses in the U.S., and reducing emissions from that process will allow workers to retain jobs while we make progress on climate goals. The industry also requires existing skill-sets in construction and operations and maintenance and hydrogen as a fuel can substitute for fossil fuels for some industrial processes. 

Testimony / Clean Vehicles and Fuels

BlueGreen Alliance Response to the US Federal Highway Administration Request for Guidance on Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Deployment

The BlueGreen Alliance submitted comments in response to the U.S. Federal Highway Administration request for guidance on electric vehicle charging infrastructure deployment. The comments urge the Administration to ensure the programs incentivize and support the development of a robust domestic supply chain and skilled workforce for electric vehicle supply equipment; and facilitate community engagement strategies…

Blog / Buy Clean

Buy Clean on the Federal Stage – From Concept to Reality

On December 8, 2021, President Biden released Executive Order 14057 (EO), “Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability,” and the accompanying Federal Sustainability Plan, officially launching the first-ever national Buy Clean program. In his EO, President Biden outlined pathways for the federal government to use its scale and procurement power to help achieve net-zero emissions economy-wide by no later than 2050. Buy Clean policy is included in this strategy for the first time ever in federal procurement. 

Climate Change & the Clean Economy

Elected Officials, Labor-Environment Coalition, and Climate Advocates Call on Rep. Kurt Schrader To Follow Through on Commitment to Support Build Back Better Act

Metro Councilor Christine Lewis and Wilsonville Mayor Julie Fitzgerald joined climate advocates to call on U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader to follow through on his commitment to vote for the Build Back Better Act (BBBA). Speakers urged Congress to tackle the climate crisis and pass a budget that meets the climate test by setting the United States on a path to a 50-52% reduction in carbon pollution by 2030.

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