International Climate Agreements
The U.S. formally submitted its pledge to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 percent below 2005 levels. The BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program plays a critical role in rebuilding U.S. manufacturing and to date has created or saved more than 38,000 direct manufacturing jobs.
Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
To build a strong competitive modern economy its not enough just to use the latest, best, cleanest technology, we also have to invest in people, plants, and technology. That’s what the Department of Energy’s ATVM program is doing around the country.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
Passenger Rail & Transit Rail Manufacturing in the U.S. from the Environment Law and Policy Center and the BlueGreen Alliance shows transit and passenger rail systems support extensive manufacturing businesses and jobs across the country.
Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
President Obama kicked off a three-day trip with a visit to a Ford plant in Detroit yesterday.The lede that has been buried about this comeback is that we’re making landmark steps forward on the environment and energy security.
Blog / International Climate Agreements
From Rio to Kyoto, Bali to Copenhagen, and Durban to Paris, we wind up with structured climate agreements that are supposed to lead to final agreements (but haven’t done so just yet). Maybe in Paris?
International Climate Agreements
The 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (COP 20) concluded. BlueGreen Alliance responds to the final decisions made in Lima.
Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
We have the tech savvy to build state of the art vehicles, transit, rail, roads and vehicle management systems and to innovate in city planning and logistics in ways that could slash congestion and routinely enable ultra-rapid people andpackage delivery.
Letters / International Climate Agreements
The BlueGreen Alliance urged President Obama to continue his leadership on addressing climate change and to take advantage of the opportunities presented to us in moving to a cleaner economy.
International Climate Agreements
The BlueGreen Alliance said that some of North America’s largest environmental and labor organizations are calling for UN negotiators in Lima, Peru to push for a smart, world-wide transition to clean and renewable energy.