Press Releases & Statements / Offshore Clean Energy
Atlantic Shores filed to terminate its 1.5-gigawatt offshore wind project with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU). The termination filing comes after the Trump administration took major steps to dismantle the domestic offshore wind industry.
Testimony & Comments / Workers' Rights
We write in strong opposition to the Office of Personnel Management’s proposed rule titled “Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service,” published on April 23, 2025. Contrary to its stated intentions, this proposed rule would severely undermine the integrity and professionalism of the federal civil service by
reviving and expanding upon the discredited “Schedule F” policy from the first Trump administration—rebranded as “Schedule Policy/Career.”
Press Releases & Statements / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
The Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it would cancel more than $3.7 billion in funding for cutting edge manufacturing projects across the country. Many of the defunded projects were in Republican districts that voted heavily for President Donald Trump. China announced earlier this year that it is funding 100 industrial demonstration projects to produce similar decarbonization technologies.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
In a nearly party-line vote, House Republicans passed a budget reconciliation bill that would effectively kill clean energy and manufacturing tax credits. Every single Democratic member of the House voted against the bill.
Press Releases & Statements / Offshore Clean Energy
Offshore wind developer Equinor announced it would immediately resume construction on the Empire Wind project off the coast of New York state. The construction was stalled by a stop order from the Trump administration.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Today, Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed Senate Bill 25-005, the “Worker Protection Collective Bargaining Act.” This decision keeps an outdated law on the books that forces workers to hold a second election after voting to form a union. The law requires a 75% supermajority in the second vote.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Overnight, Republicans on the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means and the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to approve proposed bill text for the Congressional reconciliation process.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
GOP proposals would gut critical clean energy and manufacturing investments in the Inflation Reduction Act that are currently growing good-paying jobs across the country, investing in clean manufacturing, reducing pollution in our air and water, and lowering energy costs.
Press Releases & Statements / Buy Clean
The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) voted yesterday in favor of a reconciliation bill proposal that would cut all unspent money for federal Buy Clean pilot programs.
Press Releases & Statements / Fairness for Workers and Communities
President Donald Trump celebrated the first 100 days of his second term in office today. Since he took the oath of office, Trump has put America on the path to a recession, gutted our government’s capacity to serve the public good, assaulted workers’ rights, and punished his political enemies.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
In simple terms, direct pay (also known as elective pay) is a mechanism that lets tax-exempt entities, including state and local governments, to recoup a significant portion of the cost of a clean energy project as a reimbursement from the IRS. Historically, it wasn’t possible for state and local governments and other tax-exempt entities to…
Reports & Fact Sheets / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
In simple terms, direct pay (also known as elective pay) is a mechanism that lets tax-exempt entities, including school districts, to recoup a significant portion of the cost of a clean energy project as a reimbursement from the IRS. Historically, it wasn’t possible for schools and other tax-exempt entities to take advantage of clean energy…