Updates & Resources

Feb 12, 2023

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

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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Trade

The Road to Fair Trade Deals: NAFTA Renegotiation Is An Opportunity to Change America’s Trade Approach

Aug 15, 2017

NAFTA’s replacement must support good union jobs, livable wages, healthy communities, clean air and water, and a more stable climate.

Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

Electric Buses = More Good, Union Jobs for Low-Income Californians

Aug 01, 2017

California is on the cutting edge of the clean economy thanks to our leadership in addressing climate change.

Testimony & Comments / Advanced Clean Technology

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.

Testimony & Comments / Advanced Clean Technology

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.

Water Infrastructure

As Cities and Towns Across Country Struggle with Water Quality, EPA Proposes Ill-Conceived Clean Water Rule Rollback

Jun 27, 2017

Following the proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind the Clean Water Rule—a joint effort by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that restored Clean Water Act protections for wetlands, streams and other waters to help better protect our drinking water supply—the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director Kim Glas

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Committee Passage of RECLAIM Act Important Step to Help Beleaguered Coal Communities

Jun 27, 2017

The House Committee on Natural Resources today passed the RECLAIM Act, an important step toward revitalizing coal communities.

Letters / Clean Economy Union Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance, Dozens of Organizations Call on House Committee on Natural Resource to Pass Strong Version of RECLAIM ACT

Jun 26, 2017

The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources will be voting on the Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More (RECLAIM) Act of 2017. The key to it’s success, however, is staying true to the original bill’s intent and guarding against efforts to water it down or kill it to appease special interests and Washington insiders.

Blog / Clean Economy Union Jobs

From NWF: The Unifying Appeal of Offshore Wind Power

Jun 16, 2017

The National Wildlife Federation partnered with the BlueGreen Alliance and the Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council to bring more than 100 leaders in labor and workforce development out to the Block Island Wind Farm to witness the debut project in action.

Blog / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Why Withdrawing from Paris is a Monumental Mistake

Jun 06, 2017

Last Thursday, the Trump administration officially announced that the United States would withdraw from the historic Paris agreement—a commitment of nearly every country in the world to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and which aims to keep the planet’s warming below 2 degrees Celsius.

Trade

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio Leaders Discuss Transforming America’s Trade Policy

Jun 05, 2017

At an event in Cleveland, Sen. Sherrod Brown and panelists answered questions from the moderator and offered their perspective on how America can achieve fair trade deals now and in the future.

BlueGreen Alliance Statement on President Trump’s Withdrawal of U.S. from Paris Agreement

Jun 01, 2017

After President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris agreement, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director Kim Glas: “Withdrawing the United States from the Paris agreement is an abdication of this country’s responsibility to fight the climate crisis and to capitalize on the significant job-creating opportunities in a clean economy.”

Letters / Clean Economy Union Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance Opposes Deep Cuts to Key Programs for Workers and the Environment in the President’s FY18 Budget

May 24, 2017

The BlueGreen Alliance, as a coalition of the nation’s largest labor unions and environmental groups, collectively representing millions of members and supporters, wrote to members of Congress today to strongly oppose the damaging cuts to critical agencies and programs outlined in the President’s FY18 Budget.

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