Updates & Resources

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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Research / Climate Change & the Clean Economy

21st Century Energy in America

Oct 16, 2012

America’s energy future can be clean, safe, affordable and reliable.

Research / Climate Change & the Clean Economy

Investment Tax Credit for Offshore Wind Fact Sheet

Sep 14, 2012

The expiration of the ITC for offshore wind would cripple the momentum of an industry posed to create good-paying American jobs and clean, renewable energy.

Research / Workers' Rights

10 Ways to Rebuild the Middle Class for Hard Working Americans: Making Work Pay in the 21st Century Economy

Sep 13, 2012

10 Ways to Rebuild the Middle Class for Hard Working Americans: Making Work Pay in the 21st Century lays out a road map towards making today’s jobs better and tomorrow’s jobs good.

Research / Clean Vehicles and Fuels

New Clean Car Standards: A Job Creator for America and Ohio

Aug 30, 2012

The BlueGreen Alliance research report Gearing Up estimates that new fuel efficiency standards will create approximately 21,000 new jobs by 2030.

Research / Clean Vehicles and Fuels

Gearing Up: What Clean Cars Mean for Michigan’s Economy

Aug 13, 2012

At least 20,000 jobs will be created by 2030 in Michigan as a direct result of vehicle fuel economy standards proposed by the Obama administration, according to a new study released by the BlueGreen Alliance.

Research / Climate Change & the Clean Economy

Pulling the Trigger: Increasing Home Energy Savings

Jul 19, 2012

This BlueGreen Alliance Apollo Alliance Project, CalCef, UC Berkeley Labor Center report outlines new strategies for uniting public policies and private financing tools to unlock massive home energy savings nationwide.

Research / Climate Change & the Clean Economy

Graphic: What Is 48C?

Jul 17, 2012

The 48C grant created jobs, spurred investment in clean energy and helped the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Research / Climate Change & the Clean Economy

Graphic: Don’t Let the Sun Set on America’s Wind Industry

Jul 13, 2012

More than 75,000 people work in America’s wind industry, and another 20,000 people work in 400 facilities making wind turbine components.

Research / Clean Vehicles and Fuels

Graphic: Smart Standards Create Good Jobs Building Cleaner Cars

Jun 28, 2012

A study by the BlueGreen Alliance found implementing the proposed fuel efficiency standards could create an estimated 570,000 jobs throughout the U.S economy by 2030.

Research / Global Climate Change

Rio+20: Realizing a Just, Low-Carbon Economy

Jun 19, 2012

As world leaders gather in Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development the BlueGreen Alliance today released a policy statement urging participants to take action to realize a just, low-carbon economy.

Research / Climate Change & the Clean Economy