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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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Infrastructure and Community Resilience

Colorado Bill Will Lower Building Emissions, Support Union Workers

Gov. Jared Polis is expected to sign SB22-051, Policies To Reduce Emissions From Built Environment. The bill establishes a tax incentive for the installation of heat pumps in buildings and includes provisions requiring that certified contractors complete larger-scale projects. Additionally, a Buy Clean incentive, which encourages the use of building materials produced with lower emissions, will start in July 2024.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

As House Nears Build Back Better Act Vote, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur Joins Labor and Environmental Leaders to Discuss Job Creation Potential for Ohio and Passage of Infrastructure Package

As the U.S. House of Representatives nears a vote on the Build Back Better Act, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) joined the BlueGreen Alliance, Ohio AFL-CIO, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Policy Matters Ohio, and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) for a virtual press briefing on the need to pass the bill.

Reports & Fact Sheets / For America, By America

New Survey of Arizona, Colorado, Virginia, and West Virginia Voters Reveals Support for Build Back Better

A new survey of voters in Arizona, Colorado, Virginia, and West Virginia reveals support for the Build Back Better plan—the broad economic, infrastructure, care economy, and climate crisis package currently being considered by Congress. Specifically the survey found that more than half of voters in these states are in favor of the package, which would…

Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

President Biden’s Visit to Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center Showcases Opportunity in Electric Vehicle Future

President Joe Biden is touring the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center—the plant in which the Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck will be built. The BlueGreen Alliance and other environmental and advocacy groups today released a letter to President Joe Biden calling for tax credits, grants, loans, and other manufacturing incentive programs that can help to build a globally competitive domestic automotive industry and supply chain, which can support well-paying manufacturing jobs.

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