Press Releases & Statements / For America, By America
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new initiative to build up the nation’s lithium battery supply chain during a meeting of the Biden administration’s Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities today in West Virginia.
Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
Members of the BlueGreen Alliance today released a comment to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that urged strong implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). In the comment, Sierra Club, United Steelworkers (USW), National Wildlife Federation, Union of Concerned Scientists, League of Conservation Voters, Service Employees International Union, Utility Workers Union of America,…
Press Releases & Statements / Water Infrastructure
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released guidance related to the use of funding included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to repair, replace, and modernize the nation’s aging water infrastructure. The BIL invests $55 billion in water systems—the largest federal investment ever—including a little over $15 billion to fund the replacement of lead service…
Press Releases & Statements / For America, By America
Today, the BlueGreen Alliance released two new videos featuring members from West Virginia local unions—the United Steelworkers (USW), American Federation of Teachers West Virginia (AFT-WV), Service Employees International Union (SEIU)—and members of the National Black Lung Association, including a former mineworker suffering from Black Lung Disease and a woman who lost her husband to the disease.
Letters / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
The BlueGreen Alliance provided input on the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program.
Blog / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the results of the New York Bight offshore wind sale. The auctioned area included six lease areas totaling over 488,000 acres and drew competitive winning bids from six companies totaling approximately $4.37 billion. This is a huge deal.
Press Releases & Statements / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union Address this evening and is expected to note several policy wins from his first year in office, including the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Policy Priorities / For America, By America
The bipartisan deal is a start, not the end, of what we need to build back better. Congress must act boldly and invest in America to build a clean, prosperous, and equitable economy.
Press Releases & Statements / Supply Chain Development
The Biden administration today announced a number of new investments in the domestic production of critical minerals and materials necessary to build the nation’s clean energy supply chain. The funding includes efforts to access important elements such as lithium and cobalt, which are used in batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar panels. A June 2021 report from the administration found an over-reliance on foreign sources for these and other materials.
Press Releases & Statements / Buy Clean
The Biden administration today announced the formation of a Buy Clean Task Force, as part of a larger strategy to reinvigorate American manufacturing and reduce emissions from the industrial sector. Buy Clean promotes spending taxpayer dollars on materials that are manufactured in a cleaner, more efficient, environmentally-friendly manner.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released its implementation guidance for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program (NEVI), a $5 billion investment and new program in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The guidance will help states build out an electric vehicle (EV) charging network along the interstate highway system, a critical contribution to the Biden administration’s goal of installing 500,000 public EV chargers nationwide by 2030.