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Building Clean: Improving Efficiency, Health, and Equity in Housing and Creating Good Jobs

When buildings are designed, built, and maintained to protect the health of people and the environment—and if the manufacturing of building products and materials create good-paying union jobs in the U.S.—then the wellbeing of people and communities will improve, especially for people of color. Building Clean works to increase the use of building products that are more efficient, less toxic, and manufactured in the U.S. We aim to improve the physical, environmental, and economic health of communities and promote a more equitable future for all.

Policy Priorities / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Solidarity for Climate Action: The Plan We Need to Get American Manufacturing Back on Track

Manufacturing towns dot the nation, and advanced manufacturing helps provide the foundation for the economy in major regions of the United States. Industries like the steel and automotive industries supported good-paying jobs, middle-class families, and prosperous communities for decades, while also spurring American leadership in innovation and technology. That’s still true in some areas. But in many others, factories have closed or new industries offer jobs that all too often are poorly paid, insecure, or unsafe.

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Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF SECOND ROUND OF 48C TAX CREDIT RECIPIENTS

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the second round of project recipients for the Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit (48C). The Inflation Reduction Act provided 48C with $10 billion—including $4 billion for communities that have recently lost jobs in the coal sector. Today’s announcement represents $6 billion in tax credits to clean technology…

Press Releases & Statements / Transmission

TREASURY’S FINAL RULES ON TECHNOLOGY-NEUTRAL CLEAN ELECTRICITY TAX CREDITS HAS MASSIVE POTENTIAL

January 8, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced its Final Rules for the Technology-NeutralClean Electricity Tax Credits late yesterday. These tax credits are for energy deployment projects placed in service in 2025 or later and apply to technologies determined to have net-zero lifecycle emissions.  The rules clarify which technologies will…

Testimony & Comments / Industrial Transformation

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR COMMERCIAL DIRECT AIR CAPTURE (DAC) DEMONSTRATION FACILITIES

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has a critical role to play in shaping the future of the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) industry. By leveraging its procurement power, DOE  can establish a strong precedent for a pro-worker, equitable CDR industry that benefits climate, communities, and the workforce. We urge the DOE to prioritize these considerations as it develops any CDR procurement strategies. The BlueGreen Alliance welcomes the opportunity to contribute to discussions on catalyzing direct air capture technology commercialization. Our recommendations can be read in this comment letter.

Testimony & Comments / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Opportunities for Additional Support for Commercial Direct Air Capture (DAC) Demonstration Facilities

The BlueGreen Alliance responded to a request for information to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on shaping opportunities for additional support for commercial Direct Air Capture (DAC) demonstration facilities. DAC offers a critical opportunity to foster U.S. innovation and industry, and DOE should adopt policies that emphasize environmental protections, worker protections, and meaningful community benefits as the industry develops.

Reports & Fact Sheets / For America, By America

Making BABA Work for American Manufacturers

The Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) was signed into law by President Biden as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)—also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. BABA strengthens and expands “Buy America” requirements for federally financed infrastructure projects. Specifically, it requires that the iron, steel, construction materials, and manufactured products used in all federally assisted infrastructure projects be produced in the United States. For American manufacturers, the passage of BABA means that billions of dollars are ready to be spent on the products you produce in the United States. Read our User Guide to learn more and take advantage of this new opportunity.

Press Releases & Statements / Transmission

MISO Delivers 115 GW of Clean Energy and Thousands of Jobs to the Midwest with its Latest Investment

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) announced 488 new transmission projects that will deliver clean energy to the Midwest. MISO approved over $30 billion in investments through its Long Range Transmission Planning Tranche 2.1. These projects are expected to deliver 5,053 miles of expanded transmission, provide critical interregional connections, and boost local grid reliability.  

Press Releases & Statements / Onshore Clean Energy

USDA New ERA Awards to Invest in Clean Power Across Nine States

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announcedinvestments from the Biden-Harris Inflation Reduction Act to lower energy costs and grow clean power across nine states. The $3 billion funding from the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program will go to rural energy cooperatives in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Minnesota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. 

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