Letters / Clean Infrastructure
We need immediate action that will build a more just, equitable, clean, and more prosperous American economy.
Letters / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
Brenda Mallory is the right person for this job. And she can bring her leadership and experience to CEQ to do this critical work in ways that lifts up communities and workers and prioritizes investments in workers and communities that need it most.
Letters / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
Janet McCabe is the right person to take this vision forward at the EPA, with extensive knowledge of environmental law and decades of experience working on critical issues such as air quality, climate change, and children’s environmental health.
Climate Change & the Clean Economy
U.S. Rep. Debra Haaland (D-NM) today was confirmed as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Secretary Haaland is the first Native American to hold a position in the U.S. Cabinet. In response, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh.
Blog / High Road Investment in Public Infrastructure
Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) releases a Report Card grading the nation’s infrastructure from “A” to “F.” In 2017, the Infrastructure Report Card remained stagnant at a “D+”— the same grade the United States received in 2013. The current year’s report incrementally improved to a “C- ” scorecard— five categories increased and just one category decreased in their benchmarks. This improvement, however marginal, is the first time the metric has risen out of the D range in 20 years. Nonetheless, the report once again plainly demonstrates that America’s infrastructure is falling apart at the seams and we are not making long-term strides to fix the basic systems we rely on for clean water, energy, to communicate with each other, or to get from place to place.
Climate Change & the Clean Economy
Michael Regan today was confirmed as the next administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In response, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh.