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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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Testimony & Comments / Transmission

Comments of the BlueGreen Alliance on ON U.S. DOE Draft 2026 National Transmission Needs Study (DOE-HQ-2026-0892-0001)

 The 2026 draft of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Transmission Needs Study released in July comes at a time when energy demand and costs are rising. Transmission is essential to delivering reliable, affordable clean energy, yet current policies, interconnection backlogs, and permitting processes are failing to deliver transmission at the pace required. And,…

Testimony & Comments / Chemical Safety

Comments of the BlueGreen Alliance on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Reforming and Modernizing the Radiation Protection Framework (Docket NRC-2025-1140)

 On May 23, 2025 President Trump issued an Executive Order “Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.” That order, like these proposed amendments by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), are based on the false assumption that making nuclear power more available must be based on making nuclear power less safe for workers inside…

Testimony & Comments / Trade

Comments on the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Study

The BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) is a unique and enduring coalition that leverages the collective strength of its partners and their members to build consensus and advocate for shared solutions that fight the climate crisis, create good-paying, union jobs, advance racial and economic justice, and protect the health and fundamental rights of working people. BGA unifies…

Testimony & Comments / Workers' Rights

Comments on the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Proposed Rule on Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance

 The BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) unifies labor unions and environmental organizations into a powerful force to fight climate change, protect the health of people and the environment, stand against economic and racial inequality, and create and maintain good-paying, union jobs in communities across the country. To that end, we appreciate the opportunity to respond to the…

Testimony & Comments / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

Surface Transportation Reauthorization Recommendations

The BlueGreen Alliance strongly supports efforts to rebuild and modernize America’s transportation infrastructure through a 2026 surface transportation reauthorization agenda that prioritizes both workers and the climate. Surface transportation reauthorization provides a unique opportunity to boost the economy, create millions of jobs, enhance resilience, and better protect our communities from harmful pollution. Read our full recommendations in the comment letter below.

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