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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 / Fairness for Workers and Communities

Newsom Signs Bills to Reduce Industrial Pollution, Strengthen Workers’ Rights

Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed AB 1280 and SB 513 into law, two major steps forward to bolster California’s clean energy economy and strengthen worker protections. These laws will draw investments to decarbonize heavy industry, boost the state’s energy resilience, and keep businesses competitive while creating high-road, union jobs.  

Press Releases & Statements / Water Infrastructure

Progress Being Made on Lead Pipe Replacement Across Midwest Cities, but Work Remains

Water utility leaders from Milwaukee, Chicago, and Detroit today highlighted the progress being made in lead service line replacement in their cities and examined what is needed to accelerate the pace of this critical work. Speaking during a webinar hosted by the BlueGreen Alliance, the leaders shared lessons learned and emphasized the public health impacts of lead service line replacement. 

Press Releases & Statements / Fairness for Workers and Communities

Coal Workers are the Trump Administration’s Last Consideration

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said it would hand out $625 million to try to extend the life of a handful of aging coal plants even as electric utilities across the country continue to invest in cleaner and more affordable sources of energy. Over 8 gigawatts of coal power are scheduled to be retired this year alone. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum also announced his department would release 13 million acres of federal land for coal.

Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Wright Doubles Down on Job-Destroying Rescissions

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced yesterday that the U.S. Department of Energy would rescind $13 billion in unobligated funds for a slew of programs supported by the Inflation Reduction Act. Wright suggested in an interview that there was still unobligated funds available for clean energy manufacturing like solar, wind, electric vehicles, and batteries. This funding was already rescinded by the “One Big Beautiful Bill” budget package that was signed by President Donald Trump in July.  

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