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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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Press Releases & Statements / Chemical Safety

Congress’s Short-Sighted Repeal of the Methane Waste Emissions Charge Will Harm Communities

Congress passed Congressional Review Act (CRA) legislation yesterday, repealing the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Waste Emissions Charge (WEC).  WEC—a rule established under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Methane Emissions Reduction Program—reinforced the immediate need for methane mitigation to curb climate change and protect communities and workers from harmful pollution. Together with the $1.5 billion in…

Testimony & Comments / Offshore Clean Energy

Comments on Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for California Offshore Wind

We thank the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the opportunity to comment on the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for California offshore wind. We appreciate BOEM’s draft PEIS analyzing the potential impacts of offshore wind energy development in the five lease areas off California’s coast. The final sale notice for these areas included lease stipulations designed to promote the development of a robust domestic supply chain, advance flexibility in transmission planning, and create good paying, union jobs. BGA urges BOEM to include more robust stipulations and bidding credits in its future leases and consider our recommendations in this letter.

Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Russell Vought’s Confirmation is a Disaster for Workers and the Environment

The U.S. Senate confirmed Russell Vought as the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) yesterday. While he was still the unconfirmed OMB nominee, Vought orchestrated a sweeping freeze on federal grant and loan payments. This funding freeze halted investments authorized by Congress, such as the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the CHIPS and Science Act. The pause also impacted public service programs that the country depends on. 

Letters / Building Clean

BlueGreen Alliance Letter of Opposition to Russel Vought’s Nomination to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

While we rarely weigh in on nominations, we oppose the nomination of Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and encourage you to vote “no” on his confirmation. Vought’s hostility toward career public servants and desire to consolidate executive power are incompatible with the principles of a fair and balanced…

Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance Thanks President Biden for Working for Working People, Climate Action

President Joe Biden will deliver a farewell address to the nation this evening as his term as president of the United States comes to a close. Over the course of the past four years, some of the Biden-Harris administration’s most significant achievements are:  The Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in climate action in U.S.…

Press Releases & Statements / Equity and Healthy and Safe Communities

Refinery Workers, Unions, and Frontline Community Groups Release Policy Roadmap for Contra Costa Refinery Transitions

The Contra Costa Refinery Transition Partnership (CCRTP) released a new report detailing the urgent need for proactive planning to prepare for future refinery closures in Northern California’s Contra Costa County. The report identifies 31 actionable policy recommendations aimed at ensuring a just and equitable transition for workers and frontline communities while addressing economic, environmental, and public…

Reports & Fact Sheets / Fairness for Workers and Communities

California Contra Costa Refinery Transition Partnership Report and Policy Recommendations

PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE The CCRTP is made up of nine core organizations, five of which have voting power within the partnership (*)—reflecting their direct representation of impacted frontline workers and communities—with the other three organizations acting as non-voting supporting organizations: United Steelworkers District 12* United Steelworkers Local 5*  United Steelworkers International Union   Asian Pacific Environmental Network*  UA…

Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF SECOND ROUND OF 48C TAX CREDIT RECIPIENTS

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the second round of project recipients for the Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit (48C). The Inflation Reduction Act provided 48C with $10 billion—including $4 billion for communities that have recently lost jobs in the coal sector. Today’s announcement represents $6 billion in tax credits to clean technology…

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