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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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Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Russell Vought’s Confirmation is a Disaster for Workers and the Environment

The U.S. Senate confirmed Russell Vought as the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) yesterday. While he was still the unconfirmed OMB nominee, Vought orchestrated a sweeping freeze on federal grant and loan payments. This funding freeze halted investments authorized by Congress, such as the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the CHIPS and Science Act. The pause also impacted public service programs that the country depends on. 

Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance Thanks President Biden for Working for Working People, Climate Action

President Joe Biden will deliver a farewell address to the nation this evening as his term as president of the United States comes to a close. Over the course of the past four years, some of the Biden-Harris administration’s most significant achievements are:  The Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in climate action in U.S.…

Press Releases & Statements / Equity and Healthy and Safe Communities

Refinery Workers, Unions, and Frontline Community Groups Release Policy Roadmap for Contra Costa Refinery Transitions

The Contra Costa Refinery Transition Partnership (CCRTP) released a new report detailing the urgent need for proactive planning to prepare for future refinery closures in Northern California’s Contra Costa County. The report identifies 31 actionable policy recommendations aimed at ensuring a just and equitable transition for workers and frontline communities while addressing economic, environmental, and public…

Reports & Fact Sheets / Fairness for Workers and Communities

California Contra Costa Refinery Transition Partnership Report and Policy Recommendations

PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE The CCRTP is made up of nine core organizations, five of which have voting power within the partnership (*)—reflecting their direct representation of impacted frontline workers and communities—with the other three organizations acting as non-voting supporting organizations: United Steelworkers District 12* United Steelworkers Local 5*  United Steelworkers International Union   Asian Pacific Environmental Network*  UA…

Press Releases & Statements / Transmission

MISO Delivers 115 GW of Clean Energy and Thousands of Jobs to the Midwest with its Latest Investment

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) announced 488 new transmission projects that will deliver clean energy to the Midwest. MISO approved over $30 billion in investments through its Long Range Transmission Planning Tranche 2.1. These projects are expected to deliver 5,053 miles of expanded transmission, provide critical interregional connections, and boost local grid reliability.  

Press Releases & Statements / Buildings

BlueGreen Alliance Lauds New EPA Lead Dust Rules

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced strengthened lead dust rules to protect more than a million people in the United States, including young children. The United States substantially lowered the allowable level of lead in paint in 1978. But in buildings constructed before 1978—including homes, schools, and day care centers—the lead in older paint is released when it chips or during sanding or other renovation procedures.

Infrastructure and Community Resilience

President Biden Announced Efforts to Ensure All Have Access to Safe, Clean Water at Milwaukee Event

President Biden traveled to Milwaukee today to announce the finalization of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s improvements to the nation’s Lead and Copper Rule. The new rule will build on the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to replace lead pipes around the country, including a $15 billion investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed in 2021.  

Reports & Fact Sheets / Transmission

FACT SHEET: Midwest Energy Transmission Project Set to Deliver Jobs, Clean Energy

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) coordinates, controls, and monitors the sale and use of our electric transmission system across 15 states.2 In July 2022—after the largest and most complex study process to date—MISO approved Tranche 1 of Long-Range Transmission Planning (LRTP). Read our fact sheet to see the thousands of jobs that MISO LRTP-1 can deliver.

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