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BlueGreen Alliance 2026 Federal Policy Playbook

Sep 14, 2026

This playbook is intended to guide federal policymakers in the development of legislation to build a worker and community-centered clean economy. It first lays out high-road recommendations that should be applied across legislation, then lays out specific policy recommendations for seven areas:

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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Workers' Rights

BlueGreen Alliance Decries FirstEnergy’s Unfair Labor Practices

Apr 30, 2014

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Tuesday charged Akron-based FirstEnergy with unfair labor practices related to the closing of two power plants in Pennsylvania.

Infrastructure and Community Resilience

BlueGreen Alliance Praises President’s Proposal to Repair America’s Crumbling Infrastructure

Feb 26, 2014

President Obama will visit the Metro Transit Light Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility and Union Depot in St. Paul, MN to unveil a new $302 billion proposal to invest in America’s infrastructure like crumbling roads and bridges.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Infrastructure and Community Resilience

Repair Minnesota: Creating Good Jobs While Preparing Our Systems for Climate Change

Dec 11, 2013

Repairing Minnesota will create good jobs, make our systems more efficient and less polluting, and safeguard communities from the impact of climate change, like severe weather such as floods and droughts.

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BlueGreen Alliance Report Shows Minnesota Stands to Gain, Sustain 114,000 Jobs By Repairing, Upgrading Infrastructure

Dec 11, 2013

Duluth Mayor Don Ness joined labor and environmental leaders as they released a new report showing an estimated 114,000 jobs could be created across the state’s economy by making much-needed investments in the basic systems we rely on everyday.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Congressman Ellison, Labor and Environment Leaders Call for Repairing America’s Infrastructure to Create Jobs, Address Climate Change

Sep 05, 2013

Labor, environment and business leaders tout ways to protect, produce and prosper as we address climate change, fix America’s infrastructure at Minnesota roundtable event

Clean Economy Union Jobs

New Law Will Boost Solar Investment, Create Jobs in Minnesota

May 23, 2013

While clean energy activists in many other parts of the country are working to protect current renewable energy policies, Minnesota today has a new law that will spur growth in the state’s solar sector and will create good jobs for workers.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Furloughed Wind Industry Worker Touring East Coast and Midwest, Local Leaders Call on Speaker Boehner to Save Jobs

Sep 26, 2012

Local labor and environmental leaders joined a furloughed worker from wind turbine-maker Gamesa at the IUE-CWA Local 755 union hall in Dayton to call on the Speaker Boehner, to support an immediate extension of the Production Tax Credit.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Furloughed Wind Worker, Local Leaders Call on Congressman Tiberi to Save Jobs

Sep 25, 2012

Local labor and environmental leaders today joined a furloughed worker from wind turbine-maker Gamesa to call on Congress to support an immediate extension of the Production Tax Credit at the Ohio Statehouse Ladies Gallery in Columbus.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Multi-State Tour Calls on Congress to Save American Jobs

Sep 25, 2012

A multi-state tour focused on the need to renew the Production Tax Credit begins today. The tour includes a furloughed worker from a central Pennsylvania wind turbine blade plant, along with local wind workers and labor and environmental leaders.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Labor-Environment Coalition Highlights Clean Energy Workers Across America this Labor Day

Sep 11, 2012

In advance of the holiday weekend, the BlueGreen Alliance today released a graphical representation of clean economy jobs around the United States, calling on the public to celebrate clean tech around the country this Labor Day.

Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

Improving Vehicle Fuel Economy to Create 21,000 Jobs in Ohio

Aug 30, 2012

At least 21,000 jobs will be created by 2030 in Ohio as a direct result of vehicle fuel economy standards proposed by the Obama administration, according to a new study released by the BlueGreen Alliance.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

New Clean Car Standards: A Job Creator for America and Ohio

Aug 30, 2012

The BlueGreen Alliance research report Gearing Up estimates that new fuel efficiency standards will create approximately 21,000 new jobs by 2030.

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BlueGreen Alliance 2026 Federal Policy Playbook

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

All Updates & Resources

BlueGreen Alliance Decries FirstEnergy’s Unfair Labor Practices

BlueGreen Alliance Praises President’s Proposal to Repair America’s Crumbling Infrastructure

Repair Minnesota: Creating Good Jobs While Preparing Our Systems for Climate Change

BlueGreen Alliance Report Shows Minnesota Stands to Gain, Sustain 114,000 Jobs By Repairing, Upgrading Infrastructure

Congressman Ellison, Labor and Environment Leaders Call for Repairing America’s Infrastructure to Create Jobs, Address Climate Change

New Law Will Boost Solar Investment, Create Jobs in Minnesota

Furloughed Wind Industry Worker Touring East Coast and Midwest, Local Leaders Call on Speaker Boehner to Save Jobs

Furloughed Wind Worker, Local Leaders Call on Congressman Tiberi to Save Jobs

Multi-State Tour Calls on Congress to Save American Jobs

Labor-Environment Coalition Highlights Clean Energy Workers Across America this Labor Day

Improving Vehicle Fuel Economy to Create 21,000 Jobs in Ohio

New Clean Car Standards: A Job Creator for America and Ohio