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Blog / Infrastructure and Community Resilience

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 / Offshore Clean Energy

One Year of Trump’s Vendetta against Clean Energy

President Donald Trump has used his administration to cut federal support and halt permitting for clean energy, specifically for offshore wind generation. Despite the potential benefits of offshore wind—to include thousands of good new union jobs, gigawatts of affordable energy for the national grid, and economic revitalization for vulnerable communities—Trump has consistently attempted to dismantle the industry. 

Press Releases & Statements / Offshore Clean Energy

Federal Courts Protect U.S. Offshore Wind Projects Against Trump Administration’s Assault

A federal judge allowed the Central Virginia Offshore Wind project to continue construction today after the Trump administration issued a stop-worker order for “national security concerns.” This follows other court decisions to grant preliminary injunctions for similar orders on the Empire Wind project and Revolution Wind project.  

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.  

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