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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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Clean Economy Union Jobs

Biden’s Climate Team Will Help Move America to Clean, Fair, Thriving Economy

President-elect Joe Biden has announced his climate nominees and appointees. The team includes Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-NM) as Secretary of the Interior; former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm as Secretary of Energy; Michael Regan as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator; Brenda Mallory as Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality; Gina McCarthy as National Climate Advisor; and Ali Zaidi as Deputy National Climate Advisor.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

As Trump Travels to Minnesota and Wisconsin to Tout Record, New Report Spotlights Trump Administration’s Attacks on Workers, the Environment, and Jobs

Ahead of President Trump’s rallies in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the BlueGreen Alliance today released Misled: The Impact of the Trump Administration’s Agenda on Working Families and the Environment, an interactive report exploring the real world impacts of the Trump administration’s actions on workers’ rights and safety, environmental protection, job creation, and pandemic response.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Misled: The Impact of the Trump Administration’s Agenda on Working Families and the Environment

As the current presidential term comes to an end, the nation is at a natural moment for taking stock. In evaluating the Trump administration, Americans will want to know: has this President improved my situation in life and is the nation’s future brighter? Analysis of a range of policy actions made by the Trump administration reveals that overwhelmingly the answer to that fundamental question for working families is a resounding “no.”

Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

AB 841 supports high-quality jobs, helps prevent COVID-19 transmission in schools, and fights climate change

California, like the rest of the nation, is facing a number of gut punches including a pandemic, systemic racism, historic wildfire season, and unemployment.This September, BlueGreen Alliance is supporting a bill in California that, while not a silver bullet for all of our ailments, aims to move the needle slightly on every one of these issues.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs

2020 Polling Memo: Swing State Voters on Responsible COVID-19 Relief

As Congress debates the scope and scale of urgently needed COVID-19 relief and recovery packages, a recent public opinion poll highlights several critical considerations. Voters were clear. Financial assistance provided to larger corporations must be accompanied by specific and robust accountability measures to ensure that taxpayer money is spent efficiently and effectively in support of protecting jobs and positioning American industries for future success.

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