Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs
The BlueGreen Alliance today released a new user guide detailing how the passage of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) impacts certain climate and clean energy investments and initiatives.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
A new research brief released today by the BlueGreen Alliance reveals that more than two million jobs across the manufacturing employment footprint are at risk if the budget reconciliation bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law. The House bill introduces provisions that would effectively kill tax credits for clean and advanced manufacturing by making them unusable and sunsetting them early.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
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…
Reports & Fact Sheets / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
In simple terms, direct pay (also known as elective pay) is a mechanism that lets tax-exempt entities, including school districts, 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 schools and other tax-exempt entities to take advantage of clean energy…
Reports & Fact Sheets / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
In simple terms, direct pay (also known as elective pay) is a mechanism that allows tax-exempt entities, including public or nonprofit hospitals, 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 hospitals and other tax-exempt entities to take advantage of…
Reports & Fact Sheets / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
In simple terms, direct pay is a mechanism that lets tax-exempt entities, including public colleges and universities, recoup a significant portion of the cost of a clean energy project as a reimbursement from the IRS. Historically, it wasn’t possible for public institutions and other tax-exempt entities to take advantage of clean energy tax credits. Now,…
Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
A new report from the Princeton University ZERO Lab revealed potentially devastating impacts on the U.S. auto industry if federal regulations and tax credits related to clean vehicle adoption are repealed. The report shows that in the absence of these federal initiatives, auto manufacturing from assembly down through the supply chain would face significant losses.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Workers' Rights
Employers in the United States have a legal and moral imperative to protect the lives and well-being of their workers by providing safe and healthy working conditions. Commonsense protections such as water, rest, shade, training, and first aid procedures are crucial for meeting this central obligation to heat-exposed workers.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Fairness for Workers and Communities
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…
Reports & Fact Sheets / For America, By America
The Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) was signed into law by President Biden as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)—also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. BABA strengthens and expands “Buy America” requirements for federally financed infrastructure projects. Specifically, it requires that the iron, steel, construction materials, and manufactured products used in all federally assisted infrastructure projects be produced in the United States. For American manufacturers, the passage of BABA means that billions of dollars are ready to be spent on the products you produce in the United States. Read our User Guide to learn more and take advantage of this new opportunity.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Offshore Clean Energy
The offshore wind industry in the United States can become a model for building the clean energy economy the right way. Read our fact sheet on how offshore wind is a win for workers and a win for our environment.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Transmission
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.