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Building Clean: Improving Efficiency, Health, and Equity in Housing and Creating Good Jobs

Feb 12, 2023

When buildings are designed, built, and maintained to protect the health of people and the environment—and if the manufacturing of building products and materials create good-paying union jobs in the U.S.—then the wellbeing of people and communities will improve, especially for people of color. Building Clean works to increase the use of building products that are more efficient, less toxic, and manufactured in the U.S. We aim to improve the physical, environmental, and economic health of communities and promote a more equitable future for all.

Policy Priorities / Clean Economy Union Jobs

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

Jul 25, 2019

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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At Solar Facility, BlueGreen Alliance, Congressman Garamendi & Other Clean Energy Advocates Urge Action to put Americans Back to Work

Mar 09, 2012

Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield) today joined representatives from the BlueGreen Alliance, PG&E, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and IBEW 1245 solar energy workers to call for clean energy jobs that can recharge our economy.

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State, Local Leaders Highlight Cost Savings, Job Creation Potential, Environmental Benefits of Modern, Green Schools

Dec 13, 2011

Local school officials, state, labor and environmental leaders held a press event at American Canyon High School today to call for state and federal investments to modernize schools.

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Increasing Recycling Will Create Nearly 1.5 Million Jobs, Reduce Pollution

Nov 14, 2011

New report finds recycling 75 percent of the nation’s waste will create nearly 1.5 million jobs by 2030 while significantly reducing pollution, saving water and energy, and building economically strong and healthy communities.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Congressman Farr, Labor-Environmental Partnership and Local Community Leaders Call for Action to Create and Keep 21st Century Jobs

Oct 19, 2011

Community, labor and environmental leaders today joined Congressman Sam Farr at the nation’s 10,000th LEED-certified commercial project in order to support President Obama’s American Jobs Act. The Act will create millions of good jobs across America.

Buildings

21st Century Schools Create Good Jobs and Healthy Learning Environments for California’s Students

Oct 17, 2011

Modernizing and greening California’s schools will create thousands of good jobs and improve the educational environment for students, according to California State Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and Carl Pope.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Annual Right Stuff Awards Honors Denise Fairchild of Emerald Cities Collaborative and Applied Materials

Sep 22, 2011

The Apollo Alliance Project of the BlueGreen Alliance presented the Right Stuff Awards to Denise Fairchild, Inaugural President of the Emerald Cities Collaborative and California-based Applied Materials.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

California Voters Choose Clean Energy by Defeating Proposition 23

Nov 03, 2010

After California voters defeated Proposition 23 on Election Day, the BlueGreen Alliance said that this was a clear victory for clean energy.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Latino Labor and Environmental Leaders Urge Californians to Vote No on Proposition 23

Oct 28, 2010

Citing the state’s high unemployment rate and the urgent need to make the environment cleaner and safer, Latino labor and environmental leaders today held a press teleconference to call on voters in California to vote no on Proposition 23.

Press Releases & Statements / International Climate Agreements

Latino Leaders Urge Californians to Vote No on Proposition 23

Oct 27, 2010

In the lead up to the state’s vote on Proposition 23, Latino leaders held a press tele-conference call to urge opposition to measure, which would repeal landmark clean energy jobs and clean air legislation.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance: September Job Numbers Confirm California Can’t Afford Proposition 23

Oct 22, 2010

After the release of the California unemployment statistics for September, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster said the state could not afford to turn away the good clean energy jobs AB32 will create.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Unions, Venture Capitalists, Solar Industry Urge Californians to Vote No on Prop 23

Oct 14, 2010

Citing California’s leadership in clean energy investments and the need to solve the state’s job crisis, union leaders, solar energy industry officials, and leading venture capitalists today came together to urge Californians to vote no on Prop 23.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs

California Apollo Program

Aug 28, 2010

The California Apollo Program is a comprehensive strategy that details how to continue creating good clean energy jobs in California and move the state toward broadly shared economic prosperity, energy security and climate stability.

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Building Clean: Improving Efficiency, Health, and Equity in Housing and Creating Good Jobs

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

All Updates & Resources

At Solar Facility, BlueGreen Alliance, Congressman Garamendi & Other Clean Energy Advocates Urge Action to put Americans Back to Work

State, Local Leaders Highlight Cost Savings, Job Creation Potential, Environmental Benefits of Modern, Green Schools

Increasing Recycling Will Create Nearly 1.5 Million Jobs, Reduce Pollution

Congressman Farr, Labor-Environmental Partnership and Local Community Leaders Call for Action to Create and Keep 21st Century Jobs

21st Century Schools Create Good Jobs and Healthy Learning Environments for California’s Students

Annual Right Stuff Awards Honors Denise Fairchild of Emerald Cities Collaborative and Applied Materials

California Voters Choose Clean Energy by Defeating Proposition 23

Latino Labor and Environmental Leaders Urge Californians to Vote No on Proposition 23

Latino Leaders Urge Californians to Vote No on Proposition 23

BlueGreen Alliance: September Job Numbers Confirm California Can’t Afford Proposition 23

Unions, Venture Capitalists, Solar Industry Urge Californians to Vote No on Prop 23

California Apollo Program