Blog / For America, By America
The BlueGreen Alliance, joined by some of the nation’s largest labor unions and environmental organizations, launched For America, By America—a campaign urging Congress to ignite a new era of investments needed to Build Back Better, including critical investments to create good-paying manufacturing jobs.
High Road Investment in Public Infrastructure
Today, the BlueGreen Alliance in collaboration with Gridworks is excited to release the report entitled, Advancing High Road Standards in Zero-Emission Transportation. This report presents a framework for understanding the potential for high road economic development in zero-emission transportation and highlights workforce standards that may be adopted by employers and/or public agencies when developing program…
High Road Investment in Public Infrastructure
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed several bills that invest in our transportation and water infrastructure. The INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684) commits $715 billion towards upgrading our transportation infrastructure, while reauthorizing underlying federal programs and shaping them to serve the needs of all Americans.
Blog / American Jobs Plan Blog Series
When it comes to buildings, the American Jobs Plan charts a strong path forward by highlighting the key areas within the buildings sector that can make a significant impact in addressing all three intersecting crises: climate change, racial inequality and economic equality.
Letters / Clean Infrastructure
In a letter to President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, leaders from the BlueGreen Alliance urged them to seize this window of opportunity and pass bold legislation and commensurate investment that builds on the American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan, conditioned on high-road labor, equity, and environmental standards.
Blog / High Road Investment in Public Infrastructure
What we’ve seen from the GOP in negotiations with the administration on President Biden’s American Jobs Plan is ‘rope-a-dope’ not compromise. The GOP is simply not interested in matching the administration’s efforts at a good faith negotiation, a reality that Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made clear earlier this month when he stated that “100% of our focus is on stopping this new administration.”
Blog / American Jobs Plan Blog Series
As we work to rebuild our economy we must prioritize equitable rebuilding and investments in those workers and communities most in need, including those impacted by changes in our nation’s energy system. America’s energy transition is well underway. But a transition that is fair for workers and communities isn’t something that will happen organically.
Letters / Clean Infrastructure
The BlueGreen Alliance sent a letter to House and Senate leaders urging them to undertake ambitious plans to rebuild and transform America’s infrastructure in surface transportation reauthorization
Blog / American Jobs Plan Blog Series
Yesterday evening as President Joe Biden spook to the nation during his first joint address to Congress this evening, we heard about his American Jobs Plan, a historic plan to invest in America and take steps to jumpstart our economy while addressing the three intersecting crises we face—climate change, income inequality, and racial injustice.