Testimony & Comments / Advanced Clean Technology
The BlueGreen Alliance submitted comments on the 45V Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit program, highlighting how hydrogen can be a critical technology for reducing emissions in hard to abate sectors of the economy—if done right.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
The BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) released an updated map of the clean economy supply chain in the United States. The map features 1,156 U.S.-based facilities engaged in the production of the final clean energy products or the manufacturing of critical components for each supply chain.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Equity and Healthy and Safe Communities
A new user guide from the BlueGreen Alliance released today will give companies a leg up in the competitive process to access more than $2 trillion dollars from the federal government to revitalize and clean up U.S. manufacturing, strengthen supply chains, support clean energy development, tackle the climate crisis, create good union jobs, and deliver real benefits…
Reports & Fact Sheets / Equity and Healthy and Safe Communities
Read Companies Succeed, Communities Benefit: Bluegreen Alliance User Guide for Companies to Demonstrate Community Benefits in Federal Funding Applications.
Press Releases & Statements / Advanced Clean Technology
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized standards for reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. The announcement comes as the world gathers for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change annual Conference of Parties taking place in the United Arab Emirates. The standard will curb leaks at oil and gas operations that result from accidental leaks, outmoded practices, and obsolete technology utilized by the industry in the gathering, transmission, production, and processing of natural gas.
Testimony & Comments / Offshore Clean Energy
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) efforts to invest in domestic supply chain capacity for offshore wind are critical. We offer comments with respect to the significance of these public expenditures to advance private economic activity, as well as the need to contain costs and maximize return on investment. The long-term benefit of developing this industry in a way that creates high-road, family-supporting jobs in New York, and that creates real pathways into these jobs for historically disadvantaged communities, cannot be overestimated.
Press Releases & Statements / Offshore Clean Energy
Ørsted, a Denmark-based leader in the offshore wind industry, announced Tuesday that it has backed out of two projects planned off the coast of New Jersey. The projects, Ocean Wind 1 and 2, would have been the first such projects in New Jersey.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Buildings
Building healthier schools is within reach. Up to half the cost of a clean energy project at your school could be refunded to the district under the federal Inflation Reduction Act. Tax-exempt entities such as public schools can receive “direct pay” (also known as “elective pay”). In simple terms, direct pay lets school districts recoup a significant portion of a clean energy project’s cost as a cash payment from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Testimony & Comments / Offshore Clean Energy
Offshore wind energy presents a unique and integral opportunity to accomplish this mission if developed in a way that uplifts the middle class with high-road employment practices, equitable career pathways, maximum job creation, and creation of a domestic supply chain. We appreciate the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s concerted effort to achieve the Biden-Harris…
Testimony & Comments / Clean Economy Union Jobs
The BlueGreen Alliance recently submitted comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury in response to a proposed rule related to prevailing wage and registered apprenticeship standards associated with the clean energy tax credits passed in the historic Inflation Reduction Act.
Testimony & Comments / Clean Economy Union Jobs
By investing to grow clean energy and modernize our grid; repair our failing roads, bridges, and water systems; improve the efficiency and health of our buildings; and transform our transportation systems, we can boost our economy and create millions of good jobs while also reducing pollution, combatting climate change, and making our communities healthier and safer.
Press Releases & Statements / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
Today the BlueGreen Alliance hosted a webinar called “Game Changer: The Inflation Reduction Act and Clean Manufacturing.” Government officials, union representatives, environmental experts, industry representatives, and others across the U.S. heard leading climate and labor experts discuss the Inflation Reduction Act and its promise to revitalize industrial manufacturing.