The BlueGreen Alliance responded to a request for information to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on how to best support mid-scale commercial direct air capture (MSC DAC) demonstration facilities.

The U.S. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) today released its updates on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing Regulations. The update aims to provide clarity and increased efficiency to the NEPA process while maintaining the law’s central goal of environmental protection.

The Colorado Senate Transportation & Energy Committee passed HB24-1030 late last week, a railroad safety bill. If signed into law, the bill will require railroad companies to invest in additional automated wayside detectors that will help identify mechanical problems on trains and alert workers to take preventative actions to avoid a derailment.

The U.S. Departments of Treasury and Energy today announced a second round of project applications for the Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit (48C).

Ahead of Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28, the BlueGreen Alliance has released a report exploring efforts to protect or undermine worker health and safety under the current Biden administration and previous Trump administration.

In September 2020, The BlueGreen Alliance released Misled: The Impact of the Trump Administration’s Agenda on Working Families and the Environment, an analysis of a range of policy actions made by the Trump administration. Now, four years later, we can compare these policies alongside those of the Biden administration and clearly illustrate the impact of an administration’s prioritization of worker health and safety.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today unveiled a new rule to reduce carbon pollution from existing and future fossil fuel power plants.
BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh spoke at the event unveiling the rule at Howard University and released a statement following the event.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the nation’s offshore wind leasing schedule for the next five years and the finalization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) Renewable Energy Modernization Rule during remarks at the International Partnering Forum conference in New Orleans.

The first Earth Day was observed in 1970. Even then, early environmental activists understood the value of labor in their endeavors for a cleaner earth. Former United Autoworkers President Walter Reuther was an integral part to this important holiday. President Biden and Congressional Democrats continued this legacy by passing the most pro-labor pro-environmental laws in U.S. history.

Too many of our Earth Days have been marred by steep industrial emissions and a decline in domestic manufacturing. That decline has equated to importing emissions through foreign goods made with lower environmental and labor standards. Thanks to the Biden administration, the tide is changing for our industrial sector.

The U.S. Departments of Treasury and Energy today released additional details about the first round of project recipients receiving the Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit (48C). Initial information about the selections was announced in March 2024, but project specifics could not be made available at that time.

The BlueGreen Alliance submitted comments in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s request for comments on the proposed general applicability public interest waiver of the Build America, Buy America Act as applied to the Clean Ports Program.