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Building Clean: Buy Local, Buy Healthy

Sep 12, 2016

The Energy Efficiency Products Database is supported by the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation and it highlights a broad range of energy efficiency housing products and forms part of a larger national initiative to accelerate the retrofit of multifamily, low-income facilities.

Good Jobs

Solidarity for Climate Action: The Plan We Need to Get American Manufacturing Back on Track

Jul 25, 2019

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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BlueGreen Alliance Welcomes House Introduction of HEROES Act

May 12, 2020

Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives today introduced the HEROES Act, the next phase of legislation to address the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

Workers' Rights

Racist Comments about Meatpacking Workers are Disgusting and Shameful

May 07, 2020

As outbreaks of Covid-19 continue to intensify throughout the notoriously unsafe meatpacking industry, the administration and others have made claims indicating the largely minority workers in the industry are at fault.

Workers' Rights

Trump to Force Workers Back to Unsafe Conditions

Apr 28, 2020

President Donald Trump announced today that he intends to invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA) to keep meatpacking plants open during the COVID-19 crisis. Meatpacking plants have become hotspots for the virus. According to the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting there have been at least 18 reported worker deaths due to COVID-19 in the meatpacking industry and at least 4,400 reported positive cases tied to meatpacking facilities at 80 plants in 26 states.

Testimony / Good Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance Legislative Priorities for COVID-19 Federal Response and Economic Stimulus

Apr 17, 2020

It is critical we ensure the safety of workers on the job in the face of COVID-19, whether they are nurses on the frontlines, workers in warehouses, utility workers keeping the lights on across the country, or manufacturing workers building essential products. Congress has taken significant steps to protect workers, and must continue to prioritize the most vulnerable; safeguard working peoples’ jobs, homes, and livelihoods; shore up essential public services; and protect the health and safety of frontline workers.

Letters / Good Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance Leaders Support Robust COVID-19 Stimulus Package

Apr 10, 2020

The BlueGreen Alliance and several of its labor and environmental partners sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer urging the prioritization of workers and families as Congress continues to work to provide critical relief during the COVID-19 crisis.

Workers' Rights

Senate GOP’s COVID-19 Bill Leaves Working People Behind

Mar 23, 2020

As leaders in Congress continue to negotiate a legislative package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BlueGreen Alliance called on Congressional leadership to support a list of priorities for any economic stimulus package related to the crisis and released the following statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh:

Workers' Rights

BlueGreen Alliance Statement on Passage of Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Mar 18, 2020

The Senate today passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to provide aid to American workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Blog / Made in America

Does Daylight Saving Time even save energy? Spring forward on energy efficiency anyways!

Mar 08, 2020

In 2008, The United States Department of Energy Department examined the impact of the extended Daylight Saving Time on energy consumption in the United States and found that Daylight Saving Time saved about 0.5% in total electricity per day. While this might not sound like a lot, it adds up to electricity savings of 1.3 billion kilowatt-hours—or…

Made in America

Building Clean Teams up With HPN Select to Help Affordable Housing Owners Find Local Building Products

Oct 30, 2019

Building Clean and HPN Select, a Housing Partnership Network social enterprise, announced a partnership to help affordable housing owners find locally manufactured building products. With Building Clean’s assistance, HPN Select will add the manufacturing location—city and state—to thousands of building products in the Select EcoGuide, a database highlighting the health and sustainability of materials used by nonprofit multifamily housing developers.

Workers' Rights

House Effort to Raise Minimum Wage Will Ensure Fair Pay for Workers

Jul 18, 2019

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Raise the Wage Act of 2019, a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. Following the bill’s passage, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Interim Co-Executive Director Mike Williams:

Blog / Climate Change & the Clean Economy

4 Ways Your School Building Impacts Your Child’s Future and 1 Way Congress Can Help

Apr 03, 2019

A school is a lot things. It’s where your children learn math, science, English, and history. It’s where they make friends and meet mentors. It’s where they star in school plays and score the game-winning basket. What happens in school shapes a child’s future.

Blog / Green Schools

Healthy Schools Grow Smarter Students

Apr 02, 2019

By the time they graduate from high school the average student will have spent 15,000 hours in a school building. These 15,000 hours are comprised of critical intellectual development and psychological, social, and physical growth. The buildings they go to every school day are instrumental in shaping student health and educational performance.

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Building Clean: Buy Local, Buy Healthy

Solidarity for Climate Action: The Plan We Need to Get American Manufacturing Back on Track

All Updates & Resources

BlueGreen Alliance Welcomes House Introduction of HEROES Act

Racist Comments about Meatpacking Workers are Disgusting and Shameful

Trump to Force Workers Back to Unsafe Conditions

BlueGreen Alliance Legislative Priorities for COVID-19 Federal Response and Economic Stimulus

BlueGreen Alliance Leaders Support Robust COVID-19 Stimulus Package

Senate GOP’s COVID-19 Bill Leaves Working People Behind

BlueGreen Alliance Statement on Passage of Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Does Daylight Saving Time even save energy? Spring forward on energy efficiency anyways!

Building Clean Teams up With HPN Select to Help Affordable Housing Owners Find Local Building Products

House Effort to Raise Minimum Wage Will Ensure Fair Pay for Workers

4 Ways Your School Building Impacts Your Child’s Future and 1 Way Congress Can Help

Healthy Schools Grow Smarter Students