Press Releases & Statements / Buy Clean
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) today released its plan to invest $2 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act on substantially lower embodied carbon in some common construction materials.
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
The Inflation Reduction Act expanded the availability of clean energy tax credits so that tax-exempt entities like public and non-profit hospitals can receive “direct pay” (also known as “elective pay”). In simple terms, direct pay allows such entities to recoup a significant portion of a clean energy project’s cost as a tax-free cash payment from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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 / Chemical Safety
The EPA estimates that 177 million people in the United States live close enough to an industrial facility to be harmed by a chemical release, fire, or explosion. That is more than half the U.S. population and what’s more, that risk falls disproportionately on low-income and communities of color.
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 / Water Infrastructure
The BlueGreen Alliance joined more than 150 undersigned water associations, environmental, low-income, other public interest advocates, and labor unions to urge Congress to provide FY24 funding for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP).
Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
The environmental and labor partners of the BlueGreen Alliance understand that we don’t have to choose between good jobs and a clean environment. We can and must have both. It’s a false choice when companies claim they can’t pay workers family-supporting wages and at the same time manufacture EVs at a scale and pace to mee the climate moment. Yes they can.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Buildings
Our Better Buildings Approach is a framework built to optimize the climate, health, equity, and job creation potential that the buildings sector represents.
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.