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Blog / Infrastructure and Community Resilience

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

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

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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Letters / Infrastructure and Community Resilience

The BlueGreen Alliance Writes Letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Urging Incorporation of the Latest Applicable Consensus-Based Codes That Include Hazard-Resistance Criteria

The resiliency of America’s buildings relies on a robust ecosystem of codes and standards developed by standards developing organizations. Today’s buildings are more resilient because of this ecosystem, and the increased involvement of stakeholders interested in improving efficiency and resiliency.

Letters / Clean Economy Union Jobs

The BlueGreen Alliance Writes Letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury Requesting Clear Eligibility Guidance For Residents of Puerto Rico to Fully Benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act

The incentives contained in the IRA could represent a great opportunity for Puerto Rico as it takes on the challenge of building its economy of the future. Puerto Rico’s tax status as an unincorporated territory with residents that do not pay federal income taxes, however, requires the U.S. Department of the Treasury to provide clear eligibility guidance for residents of Puerto Rico to fully benefit from IRA. 

Letters / Fairness for Workers and Communities

BlueGreen Alliance calls for Reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program

As the Senate and House focuses on the final work period of this Congress, the BlueGreen Alliance urged House and Senate leadership to swiftly bring up the reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.Trade Adjustment Assistance is a lifeline for workers displaced from their jobs by unfair trade policies, offering trade-impacted workers a variety of supports including income support, a health coverage tax credit, and training, education, and job search assistance.

Letters / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

BlueGreen Alliance Responds to United State Postal Service Next Generation Delivery Vehicle Environmental Impact Study

In a letter, the BlueGreen Alliance focused on the opportunity the Next Generation Deliver Vehicle contract represents an opportunity to rebuild the largest non-defense federal fleet to advance climate progress, improve air quality in our neighborhoods, support workers & their communities, and model responsible procurement practices. The turnover of the aging fleet can also restore the independent agency’s financial stability in the long term through the significant total cost of ownership savings that come with electrification. 

Letters / Endorsements

BlueGreen Alliance Releases Letter in Support of Joseph Goffman’s Nomination to be Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation

The largest office at EPA, OAR leads critical programs to address outdoor and indoor air quality, chemical accident prevention, pollution from vehicles, emissions that contribute to climate change, and radiation protection. In short, this office is vital to EPA’s mission to protect public health and secure a safe environment for workers and communities.

Letters / Chemical Safety

Letter to EPA Urges Agency Leaders to Debunk Proposals from Chemistry Industry That Undermine Worker Safety

A letter jointly written by the AFL-CIO, the Environmental Defense Fund, the United Steelworkers, and the BlueGreen Alliance and signed by 20 organizations and 35 individuals urged Dr. Michal Ilana Freedhoff, Assistant Administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to “reject proposals from the chemical industry that would undermine workplace safety by skewing measurement data, misinterpreting OSHA requirements, and relying on voluntary measures.”

Letters / Industrial Transformation

The BlueGreen Alliance Writes Letter to Hill Urging the Swift Passage of an Innovation Bill Based on the United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 and the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength Act of 2022

We urge you to swiftly finalize an innovation bill based on the United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 (USICA) and the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength Act of 2022 (America COMPETES). As you craft a final bill, we urge you to include provisions that ensure that federal investments in innovation, competitiveness,…

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