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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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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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Growing Michigan’s Economy Means Growing 21st Century Clean Energy Jobs

Jul 29, 2011

Roundtable at GVSU’s Michigan Alternative & Renewable Energy Center Focused on Growing Clean Energy Jobs in Michigan, Making America Competitive in 21st Century Economy

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Citizens Speak Out Against Legislation Threatening Workplace, Environmental Protections

Jul 27, 2011

Labor unions and environmental organizations spoke out against legislation to prohibit state agencies from rules more stringent than federal standards, saying that this would wipe out important environmental, consumer and worker protections.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Michigan, Wisconsin Women of Steel Support EPA’s Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Jul 22, 2011

The Michigan and Wisconsin Women of Steel recently passed a resolution declaring their support for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

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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.

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BlueGreen Alliance, Sierra Club Urge Voters in Michigan’s Seventh to Choose Clean Energy Jobs over Tim Walberg

Oct 19, 2010

The BlueGreen Alliance and Sierra Club today announced a targeted mail campaign urging voters in Michigan’s Seventh District to vote for Congressman Mark Schauer.

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.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

New Ad Exposes Tim Walberg’s Record of Failure on Clean Energy Jobs

Oct 08, 2010

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and BlueGreen Alliance ran a joint television ad – hitting the Michigan airwaves on Saturday – to highlight former Congressman Tim Walberg’s record of failure on clean energy jobs in Michigan.

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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

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

Growing Michigan’s Economy Means Growing 21st Century Clean Energy Jobs

Citizens Speak Out Against Legislation Threatening Workplace, Environmental Protections

Michigan, Wisconsin Women of Steel Support EPA’s Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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

BlueGreen Alliance, Sierra Club Urge Voters in Michigan’s Seventh to Choose Clean Energy Jobs over Tim Walberg

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

New Ad Exposes Tim Walberg’s Record of Failure on Clean Energy Jobs