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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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Water Infrastructure

Veto Will Protect Great Lakes

Dec 01, 2011

Mark Schauer, Co-Chair of the BlueGreen Alliance Jobs21! campaign, released a statement, “Governor Snyder has made the right call, and we hope he will continue to support strong protections for our air, land and water.”

Infrastructure and Community Resilience

Improving Transportation Infrastructure to Create Jobs, Clean Up Environment

Nov 30, 2011

Former Michigan Congressman and BlueGreen Alliance Jobs21! National Co-Chair Mark Schauer led a roundtable discussion today at the Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) to urge Michigan to invest in its transportation systems.

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While Releasing Michigan Green Manufacturing Action Plan, Senator Stabenow, Local Leaders Highlight Foundry

Nov 29, 2011

Senator Debbie Stabenow joined local labor, environmental and business leaders in Lansing to release the new GreenMAP clean energy manufacturing plan for Michigan.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Michigan Green Manufacturing Action Plan: Next Steps in a Clean Energy Manufacturing Policy

Nov 28, 2011

The Michigan Green Manufacturing Action Plan: Next Steps in a Clean Energy Manufacturing Policy” provides a road map for smart state-level policies that will create good manufacturing job creation in the state.

Water Infrastructure

Don’t Weaken Protections on Great Lakes

Nov 21, 2011

Jobs21! Co-Chair Mark Schauer asks Governor Snyder to veto a bill preventing state agencies from having stricter rules than the federal government. “Michigan is surrounded by the Great Lakes… We should not hamper state efforts to protect them.”

Recycling

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.

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Congressmen Conyers, Clarke Urge Action to Create Good American Jobs

Nov 09, 2011

Calling the need for action on job creation “urgent,” Congressmen John Conyers and Hansen Clarke and local labor and environmental leaders joined together today at Detroit-based NextEnergy to urge the passage of the President’s jobs plan.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs

GREEN FILES: In Warren, Michigan, the Sheet Metal Workers Are Training for the 21st Century

Oct 27, 2011

The Sheet Metal Workers’ Training Center in Michigan was dedicated in 1977 and had the first “straight” air solar heating system in the state.

Infrastructure and Community Resilience

Unemployed workers, Monroe residents call on elected officials to invest in infrastructure, create jobs

Oct 20, 2011

With no end in sight to the jobs crisis, unemployed workers and local residents gathered in Monroe, MI today to call on elected officials to invest in infrastructure to create good-paying construction jobs and jumpstart Michigan’s economy.

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.

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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

Veto Will Protect Great Lakes

Improving Transportation Infrastructure to Create Jobs, Clean Up Environment

While Releasing Michigan Green Manufacturing Action Plan, Senator Stabenow, Local Leaders Highlight Foundry

Michigan Green Manufacturing Action Plan: Next Steps in a Clean Energy Manufacturing Policy

Don’t Weaken Protections on Great Lakes

Increasing Recycling Will Create Nearly 1.5 Million Jobs, Reduce Pollution

Congressmen Conyers, Clarke Urge Action to Create Good American Jobs

GREEN FILES: In Warren, Michigan, the Sheet Metal Workers Are Training for the 21st Century

Unemployed workers, Monroe residents call on elected officials to invest in infrastructure, create jobs

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