BlueGreen Alliance Endorses Sean Casten
The BlueGreen Alliance, a national partnership of labor unions and environmental organizations, today announced the organization has endorsed Rep. Sean Casten for the Sixth Congressional District in Illinois.
Testimony & Comments / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Offshore wind energy presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to advance this mission if developed in an environmentally responsible manner, with high road labor standards and attention to environmental justice. We thank BOEM for its diligent efforts to advance offshore wind in the U.S. and attention to doing it right, in a way that lifts up the working class with family-sustaining union jobs, delivers benefits for communities that are hardest hit by climate change and economic inequality, and protects wildlife, critical habitat, and our nation’s natural resources.
Press Releases & Statements / International Climate Agreements
The U.S. Senate yesterday voted to ratify the Kigali Amendment Montreal Protocol. The amendment phases down production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—powerful climate pollutants and is expected to avoid up to 0.5℃ of warming by 2100.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
The BlueGreen Alliance today announced the United Auto Workers (UAW) will join its growing national labor-environmental partnership and its fight for a clean, prosperous, and equitable economy. The announcement comes at a vital time in the domestic auto industry. The industry is at a crossroads, with the United States poised to be a global leader in clean vehicle and electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing—helping to bring back high-skill, high-wage, union jobs.
Testimony & Comments / Industrial Transformation
The Advanced Energy Manufacturing & Recycling Grant Program offers a critical opportunity to support the creation and retention of good union jobs in communities facing economic hardships related to coal facility closures while addressing climate change and reducing toxic pollution.
Press Releases & Statements / Buy Clean
Today the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Climate Policy Office (CPO) will announce new actions under the Federal Buy Clean Initiative to spur the development of low-carbon construction materials. Ahead of the announcement, the BlueGreen Alliance released a new white paper entitled Buy Clean: A Tool to Create Good Jobs, Cut Pollution, and Renew Manufacturing.