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Building Clean: Buy Local, Buy Healthy

Sep 12, 2016

The Energy Efficiency Products Database is supported by the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation and it highlights a broad range of energy efficiency housing products and forms part of a larger national initiative to accelerate the retrofit of multifamily, low-income facilities.

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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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Rolling Back Methane Regulation is a Leap in the Wrong Direction

Aug 29, 2019

One of the biggest challenges we face together as a nation is climate change and its ever growing threat.

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Trump Administration Throws Common Sense Out the Window with Methane Rule Rollback

Aug 29, 2019

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposal today to roll back regulations that prevent unnecessary methane leaks in the oil and gas industry.

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State Labor, Environmental Leaders Announce BlueGreen Alliance State Chapter in Colorado

Dec 20, 2018

Leaders from the Colorado AFL-CIO, Conservation Colorado, Colorado Building and Construction Trades Council, and Western Resource Advocates today announced the formation of a Colorado chapter of the BlueGreen Alliance.

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STATEMENT: Proposed Weakening of EPA Methane Rule Endangers Workers, Wastes Resources, and Increases Pollution

Sep 11, 2018

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed today a rule significantly weakening standards for methane waste from new and modified sources in the oil and gas industry.

Methane Mitigation

BlueGreen Alliance Applauds Governor Wolf’s Action to Reduce Methane Emissions in State

Jun 07, 2018

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf today announced the finalization of permits that will cut methane pollution and volatile organic compounds—such as the carcinogen benzene—from new and modified sources at natural gas operations in Pennsylvania.

Methane Mitigation

RELEASE: Labor, Environmental Leaders Support Reasonable Best Practices for Onshore Oil and Gas Program on Public Lands

Sep 28, 2017

In Letter to Interior Secretary Zinke, BlueGreen Alliance Supports Maintaining Best Practices that Ensure Responsible Oil and Gas Development on Public Lands.

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Letter to Interior Secretary Zinke in Support of Maintaining Best Practices that Ensure Responsible Oil and Gas Development on Public Lands

Sep 28, 2017

On September 28, 2017, the BlueGreen Alliance sent a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Zinke urging him to support reasonable best practices for the oil and gas program on public lands.

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Testimony of Jessica Eckdish at EPA Hearing on Methane Standards

Jul 10, 2017

The BlueGreen Alliance’s Jessica Eckdish testified at an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hearing on July 10, 2017 to oppose an effort to delay standards for new and modified sources of methane in the oil and gas industry and to urge the administration to move forward with these and other common-sense efforts to reduce methane emissions.

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Testimony of Lee Geisse at EPA Hearing on Methane Standards

Jul 10, 2017

The BlueGreen Alliance’s Lee Geisse testified at an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hearing on July 10, 2017 to oppose an effort to delay standards for new and modified sources of methane in the oil and gas industry and to urge the administration to move forward with these and other common-sense efforts to reduce methane emissions.

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BlueGreen Alliance Comments to the EPA on Evaluation of Existing Regulations

May 16, 2017

The BlueGreen Alliance called for strong support of critical EPA safeguards that protect the health and safety of workers, communities, and the environment, many of which also drive innovation and job creation.

Methane Mitigation

BlueGreen Alliance Statement on Senate Vote to Preserve BLM Methane Rule

May 10, 2017

The U.S. Senate today voted 51-49 against a procedural motion to advance S.J. Res. 11, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval blocking efforts to curb the waste of methane in natural gas production on federal and Tribal lands, also known as the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Methane Rule.

Methane Mitigation

Rolling Back Methane Standards Endangers Workers, Communities and Job Growth

Mar 28, 2017

In his recent Executive Order, President Trump ordered the EPA to re-evaluate common sense standards finalized by them ast year that would limit methane emissions from new and modified sources in the oil and gas industry. Our Kim Glas responded.

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Building Clean: Buy Local, Buy Healthy

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

All Updates & Resources

Rolling Back Methane Regulation is a Leap in the Wrong Direction

Trump Administration Throws Common Sense Out the Window with Methane Rule Rollback

State Labor, Environmental Leaders Announce BlueGreen Alliance State Chapter in Colorado

STATEMENT: Proposed Weakening of EPA Methane Rule Endangers Workers, Wastes Resources, and Increases Pollution

BlueGreen Alliance Applauds Governor Wolf’s Action to Reduce Methane Emissions in State

RELEASE: Labor, Environmental Leaders Support Reasonable Best Practices for Onshore Oil and Gas Program on Public Lands

Letter to Interior Secretary Zinke in Support of Maintaining Best Practices that Ensure Responsible Oil and Gas Development on Public Lands

Testimony of Jessica Eckdish at EPA Hearing on Methane Standards

Testimony of Lee Geisse at EPA Hearing on Methane Standards

BlueGreen Alliance Comments to the EPA on Evaluation of Existing Regulations

BlueGreen Alliance Statement on Senate Vote to Preserve BLM Methane Rule

Rolling Back Methane Standards Endangers Workers, Communities and Job Growth