New Report by Environmental Justice and Labor Groups Calls for Deep Investments in Social Infrastructure for Climate Resilience
“We Can’t Just Focus on Physical Infrastructure Investments, We Need to Invest in People and Community Support Systems”
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Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
AB 841 supports high-quality jobs, helps prevent COVID-19 transmission in schools, and fights climate change
California, like the rest of the nation, is facing a number of gut punches including a pandemic, systemic racism, historic wildfire season, and unemployment.This September, BlueGreen Alliance is supporting a bill in California that, while not a silver bullet for all of our ailments, aims to move the needle slightly on every one of these issues.
Toolkit / Clean Economy Union Jobs
State-Based Policies To Build A Cleaner, Safer, More Equitable Economy – A Policy Toolkit
This Policy Toolkit provides information to decisionmakers on a series of policies and measures, including Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), Prevailing Wage and Worker Benefits, Local Hire and Targeted Hire measures, and Organizing Rights and Negative Determination that can be used to ensure the creation of good, union jobs in the clean economy.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Water Infrastructure
Water Works: The Job Creation Potential of Repairing America’s Water Infrastructure
Our nation’s drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure is vital to the protection, treatment, and distribution of clean water resources.
Letters / Clean Economy Union Jobs
BlueGreen Alliance and Partners Urge Gov. Walz to Continue to Prioritize Workers
The BlueGreen Alliance and partners wrote to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, thanking them for their leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic and urging them to implement policy recommendations to keep workers as safe as steps are taken to reopen the economy.
Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
BlueGreen Alliance Lauds Gov. Walz for Leading on Clean Cars
Governor Tim Walz today announced Minnesota would adopt stronger clean car standards.
Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on State Emission Authority ‘Stupid’
In yet another attack on the longstanding and broadly agreed upon framework of clean car regulation, the Trump administration is shortly expected to move to revoke California’s authority to set vehicle emissions standards more protective than the federal government.