Press Releases & Statements / Offshore Clean Energy
Offshore wind developer Equinor announced it would immediately resume construction on the Empire Wind project off the coast of New York state. The construction was stalled by a stop order from the Trump administration.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Today, Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed Senate Bill 25-005, the “Worker Protection Collective Bargaining Act.” This decision keeps an outdated law on the books that forces workers to hold a second election after voting to form a union. The law requires a 75% supermajority in the second vote.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Overnight, Republicans on the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means and the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to approve proposed bill text for the Congressional reconciliation process.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
GOP proposals would gut critical clean energy and manufacturing investments in the Inflation Reduction Act that are currently growing good-paying jobs across the country, investing in clean manufacturing, reducing pollution in our air and water, and lowering energy costs.
Press Releases & Statements / Buy Clean
The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) voted yesterday in favor of a reconciliation bill proposal that would cut all unspent money for federal Buy Clean pilot programs.
Press Releases & Statements / Fairness for Workers and Communities
President Donald Trump celebrated the first 100 days of his second term in office today. Since he took the oath of office, Trump has put America on the path to a recession, gutted our government’s capacity to serve the public good, assaulted workers’ rights, and punished his political enemies.
Press Releases & Statements / Offshore Clean Energy
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, at the direction of U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, issued a stop-work order for the Empire Offshore Wind project.
Press Releases & Statements / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
The BlueGreen Alliance released its 2025 Manufacturing Roadmap today. The resource highlights major progress made in domestic manufacturing growth and recommendations for further action to secure the clean manufacturing renaissance our country needs. The roadmap emphasizes that clean manufacturing is the future of all manufacturing, and therefore competitiveness depends on sustaining investment in industrial transformation.
Policy Priorities / Workers' Rights
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Press Releases & Statements / Other
President Donald Trump issued an executive order late yesterday evening attempting to stop the enforcement of state and local laws related to climate change. The order targets state or local policies that address climate change, environmental justice, carbon or greenhouse gas emissions, cap and trade or carbon tax initiatives, and more.
Press Releases & Statements / Equity and Healthy and Safe Communities
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began laying off thousands of workers yesterday under the direction of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This was part of the agency’s reduction in force plan to fire 10,000 HHS workers.