Testimony / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
Walsh talked about how the Senate Finance Committee and U.S. tax code can play a critical role in addressing the climate crisis, creating good jobs, and injecting equity into our society as we work to rebuild our economy and recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. He concluded saying, “Through federal tax policy, we can make strategic…
Testimony / Clean Infrastructure
In his testimony, Jason Walsh highlighted that America’s offshore wind industry is growing quickly and provides us with a potential model for creating quality, family-sustaining jobs while helping to drive the nation’s clean energy future. By supporting a wide variety of workforce development strategies, including union training and registered apprenticeship programs, the Offshore Wind Jobs…
Testimony / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh today testified at a virtual hearing of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis titled “Solving the Climate Crisis: Building a Vibrant and Just Clean Energy Economy.”
Testimony / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
Congress took the first steps to address the immediate economic impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic when it passed legislation to provide paid time off to some workers and boost unemployment insurance, among other measures. This was a positive start, but facing an economy that will probably lose millions of jobs by this summer, more is needed and it is needed now.
Testimony / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh today testified in front of the House Committee on Natural Resources at its legislative hearing on H.R. 5435, the American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019.
Testimony / Clean Vehicles and Fuels
Kevin Lee, the State Policy Director for the BlueGreen Alliance, testified before the Joint Meeting of the Minnesota State Senate Committees on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Testimony / Methane Mitigation
The 2019 rollback spells bad news for the climate, economy, and the health of workers
Testimony / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh today testified in front of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the House Committee on Natural Resources at its legislative hearing on H.R. 4248 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019.
Testimony / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh today testified in front of the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce at its hearing on Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Pathways to Net Zero Industrial Emissions.
Testimony / Clean Vehicles and Fuels
The BlueGreen Alliance’s Director of Vehicles and Advanced Transportation Zoe Lipman today testified in front of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis during their hearing on manufacturing jobs for America’s workers