Press Releases & Statements / Water Infrastructure
Midwest water infrastructure leaders today touted Biden-Harris administration advancements made in lead service line replacement during a webinar hosted by the BlueGreen Alliance and the Great Lakes and St. Lawerence Cities Initiative.
Press Releases & Statements / Buildings
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced strengthened lead dust rules to protect more than a million people in the United States, including young children. The United States substantially lowered the allowable level of lead in paint in 1978. But in buildings constructed before 1978—including homes, schools, and day care centers—the lead in older paint is released when it chips or during sanding or other renovation procedures.
Infrastructure and Community Resilience
President Biden traveled to Milwaukee today to announce the finalization of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s improvements to the nation’s Lead and Copper Rule. The new rule will build on the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to replace lead pipes around the country, including a $15 billion investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed in 2021.
Press Releases & Statements / Water Infrastructure
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the finalization of the agency’s improvements to the nation’s Lead and Copper Rule.
Infrastructure and Community Resilience
The U.S. Department of Energy today allocated $1.5 billion for four transmission projects across Maine, Oklahoma, New Mexico and the Southeast.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Transmission
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) coordinates, controls, and monitors the sale and use of our electric transmission system across 15 states.2 In July 2022—after the largest and most complex study process to date—MISO approved Tranche 1 of Long-Range Transmission Planning (LRTP). Read our fact sheet to see the thousands of jobs that MISO LRTP-1 can deliver.
Blog / Clean Economy Union Jobs
The Colorado BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) is dedicated to improving Colorado’s communities by supporting and creating good jobs, growing Colorado’s clean energy economy, and protecting Colorado’s environment on behalf of generations to come. The Colorado coalition advocated fiercely for legislation that improves the lives of workers, families, and school children. We secured significant wins during the 2024 Legislative Session, especially in the transportation and affordable housing space.
Press Releases & Statements / Buildings
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced $4.3 billion in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CRPG) program. The 25 selected applications announced by the EPA include 13 states, 11 local municipalities, and one Tribal government.
Press Releases & Statements / Buy Clean
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $160 million in grants to spur the production of environmental product declarations (EPDs). As a critical element of the Biden-Harris administration’s Federal Buy Clean Initiative and the Inflation Reduction Act, EPDs help provide transparency around the embodied emissions associated with the production of infrastructure materials such as steel, concrete, asphalt, and flat glass.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Workers' Rights
The strengthened and newly established tax credits for clean energy in the Inflation Reduction Act will not only drive the deployment of clean energy technologies and dramatically reduce pollution, but also provide high-quality jobs in the clean economy. This document will offer answers to some of the most common questions on these rules.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs
New analysis commissioned by National Skills Coalition (NSC) and the BlueGreen Alliance (BGA), shows that combined historic investments in clean energy, manufacturing, and infrastructure from three new federal laws—the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the CHIPS and Science Act—will create more than 190,000 jobs per year combined in Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, and Oregon over the next decade.
Testimony & Comments / Transmission
A comment to the U.S. Department of Energy argues transmission is critical to deploying clean energy resources quickly, safely, and reliably across the country and to creating high-quality, union jobs.