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BlueGreen Alliance Applauds Rollout of EPA Clean School Bus Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today will open its first round of applications for the Clean School Bus Program.
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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.
Blog / Safe Chemicals, Safe Jobs
Remembering Our Nation’s Fallen Workers
Perhaps one of these tragic and largely preventable deaths has hit close to home for you—with a family member, friend, neighbor, or co-worker who went off to work and never came home. But even if you don’t know someone personally who has died on the job, you can be sure someone has who provided you, your family, and community with the goods and services you needed, wanted, or relied on this past year. You may not know them by name but each one was loved and deserves to be remembered. And their loss serves as a reminder of the day’s full slogan: “Remember the Dead: Fight for the Living.”
Press Releases / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
Sen. Tina Smith Joins Labor, Environmental Leaders for Tour of Laborers Training Center
In honor of Earth Day, Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) joined LIUNA Minnesota, Conservation Minnesota, and the BlueGreen Alliance for a tour of the Laborers Training Center in Lino Lakes. The group toured the facility’s pipe, construction, and environmental bays, where workers prepare for jobs in clean energy and infrastructure.
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.
Press Releases / For America, By America
DOE Battery Supply Chain Announcement Illustrates Job Creation Potential of Technology Investments in West Virginia
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new initiative to build up the nation’s lithium battery supply chain during a meeting of the Biden administration’s Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities today in West Virginia.
Press Releases / For America, By America
West Virginians Call for Sen. Joe Manchin to Stand With Workers and Families in Two New BlueGreen Alliance Ads
Today, the BlueGreen Alliance released two new videos featuring members from West Virginia local unions—the United Steelworkers (USW), American Federation of Teachers West Virginia (AFT-WV), Service Employees International Union (SEIU)—and members of the National Black Lung Association, including a former mineworker suffering from Black Lung Disease and a woman who lost her husband to the disease.