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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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Reports & Fact Sheets / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy

One Year of Trump Administration and Congressional Attacks on Clean Energy Jobs and Innovation

The clean economy stands at a critical turning point. Global investments in next-generation technologies are surging, and the Biden administration put the United States in a position to lead. Since 2021, Congress has enacted three landmark laws—the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS), and the Inflation Reduction Act—to strengthen U.S. manufacturing and invest in emerging sectors that create good-paying jobs.

Testimony & Comments / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

Surface Transportation Reauthorization Recommendations

The BlueGreen Alliance strongly supports efforts to rebuild and modernize America’s transportation infrastructure through a 2026 surface transportation reauthorization agenda that prioritizes both workers and the climate. Surface transportation reauthorization provides a unique opportunity to boost the economy, create millions of jobs, enhance resilience, and better protect our communities from harmful pollution. Read our full recommendations in the comment letter below.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy

FACTSHEET: Direct Pay, Supporting Decarbonization of State and Municipal Governments

In simple terms, direct pay (also known as elective pay) is a mechanism that lets tax-exempt entities, including state and local governments, to recoup a significant portion of the cost of a clean energy project as a reimbursement from the IRS. Historically, it wasn’t possible for state and local governments and other tax-exempt entities to…

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