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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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Water Infrastructure

EPA’s Clean Water Rule Replacement is Indefensible

Jan 23, 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized a rule gutting the Obama administration’s Clean Water Rule. The Obama rule was repealed last year and will be replaced by the rule finalized today. The new rule removes environmental protections from many of the wetlands and waterways protected under the Clean Water Act.

Testimony / Methane Mitigation

BlueGreen Alliance Comments on Proposal to Rollback Methane Standards in the Oil and Natural Gas Sector for New, Reconstructed, or Modified Sources

Nov 22, 2019

The 2019 rollback spells bad news for the climate, economy, and the health of workers

Letters / Good Jobs

Year-End Priorities Letter to House Leadership

Nov 20, 2019

As a coalition of the nation’s largest labor unions and environmental groups, collectively representing millions of members and supporters, we wrote to House leadership to urge the to swiftly bring up several key items for floor consideration.

Climate Change & the Clean Economy

Buy Clean America Summit: Harnessing Government Purchasing Power to Close the Carbon Loophole

Sep 19, 2019

The BlueGreen Alliance and Third Way, in partnership with ClimateWorks, invite you to participate in a one-day summit that will explore Buy Clean as a policy solution to one of the most vexing climate issues we face—the carbon loophole.

Water Infrastructure

EPA Clean Water Rule Rollback Will Jeopardize Water Quality Across the United States

Sep 12, 2019

The Trump administration is expected today to finalize its rollback of the Clean Water Rule, which protects the drinking water supply of over 100 million Americans by restoring Clean Water Act protections for wetlands, streams, and other waters.

Testimony / Good Jobs

Testimony of Michael Williams to the House Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship

Sep 10, 2019

The BlueGreen Alliance’s Deputy Director Michael Williams today testified in front of the House Committee on Small Businesses Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship during their hearing on growing the clean energy economy.

Blog / Methane Mitigation

Rolling Back Methane Regulation is a Leap in the Wrong Direction

Aug 29, 2019

One of the biggest challenges we face together as a nation is climate change and its ever growing threat.

Methane Mitigation

Trump Administration Throws Common Sense Out the Window with Methane Rule Rollback

Aug 29, 2019

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposal today to roll back regulations that prevent unnecessary methane leaks in the oil and gas industry.

Climate Change & the Clean Economy

Labor, Environmental Leaders Release Historic “Solidarity for Climate Action” Platform

Jun 24, 2019

Groups Say Platform Will Create Good-Paying Jobs, Address Income Inequality and the Climate Crisis

Blog / Water Infrastructure

Congress Holds Hearing on Clean Water Rule

Jun 12, 2019

The Clean Water Rule was put in place by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers to help communities and to restore protections for wetlands, streams, and other bodies of water that supply drinking water to 117 million Americans.

Testimony / High Road Investment in Public Infrastructure

BlueGreen Alliance Testifies at Infrastructure Hearing

May 22, 2019

Our partnership is firm in its belief that Americans don’t have to choose between a good job and a clean environment—we can and must have both. Investing in repairing and modernizing our nation’s infrastructure is a clear example of this principle. If done right, a federal infrastructure package will boost our economy and create millions of jobs, while simultaneously reducing pollution, combating climate change, and strengthening our communities.

High Road Investment in Public Infrastructure

BlueGreen Alliance and Members Release Infrastructure Priorities

May 15, 2019

The priorities are intended to help Congress craft a comprehensive package that will repair and modernize the nation’s infrastructure in a way that will support the creation of high-quality jobs, reduce the emissions driving climate change, and make our communities more resilient.

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