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

Feb 12, 2023

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

Jul 25, 2019

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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Infrastructure and Community Resilience

President Biden Announced Efforts to Ensure All Have Access to Safe, Clean Water at Milwaukee Event

Oct 08, 2024

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.

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BlueGreen Alliance Names Eric Steen as New Executive Vice President

Oct 08, 2024

The BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) today announced Eric Steen as the organization’s new Executive Vice President (EVP) of Strategy and Impact.

Infrastructure and Community Resilience

BlueGreen Alliance Celebrates New Investment to Expand Clean Transmission in the United States

Oct 03, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy today allocated $1.5 billion for four transmission projects across Maine, Oklahoma, New Mexico and the Southeast.

Advanced Clean Technology

Federal Awards Will Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant, Securing Union Jobs and Promoting Clean Energy

Sep 30, 2024

The U.S. Departments of Energy (DOE) and Agriculture (USDA) announced today funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to help finance the repowering of the Holtec Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township, Michigan, and reduce energy costs for Michiganders.

Offshore Clean Energy

BlueGreen Alliance supports BOEM Offshore Wind Auction Pause

Sep 27, 2024

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) postponed the lease auction of wind areas in the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Oregon that was originally scheduled for October 15, 2024. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek sent a letter to BOEM this morning, pulling out of the BOEM Oregon Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force.

The Latest / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Executive Order Focused on Worker Freedoms During Event in Michigan

Sep 06, 2024

A newly signed Executive Order by President Biden will create a task force led by the National Economic Council and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to ensure the administration is doing all it can under current law and going further to specify, “a clear list of labor standards that all federal agencies should look to prioritize.”

The Latest / Industrial Transformation

Treasury Guidance on Tax Credits Sets Stage to Ensure No Workers or Communities Left Behind in Shift to Clean Energy

Mar 22, 2024

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today unveiled updated guidance for the energy community tax bonus included in the Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Buildings

BlueGreen Alliance Welcomes Reintroduction of Rebuild America’s Schools Act

Jul 27, 2023

Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) today reintroduced the Rebuild America’s Schools Act, a bill to invest $130 billion to repair, rebuild, and modernize the physical and digital infrastructure of the nation’s school facilities and grounds.

Economic Development

Biden Administration Takes Steps to Ensure No Community Left Behind in Energy Transition

Apr 04, 2023

The Biden administration announced several initiatives today as leaders from across the country gathered to acknowledge the second anniversary of the founding of the Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization.

EV Charging and Infrastructure

Biden Administration’s EV Charge Continues with Grant Program Announcement

Mar 14, 2023

The Biden administration today opened the first application round of funding for the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program. The program is a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) investment supporting state and local governments and public entities to build electric vehicle (EV) charging and other alternative fuel infrastructure in their communities.

Economic Development

Biden Elevates Efforts to Fight Climate Change, Create Good Jobs

Mar 09, 2023

President Joe Biden today unveiled his fiscal year 2024 budget request. The request includes support for the administration’s ongoing efforts to drive down emissions and create jobs.

Buy Clean

Biden Administration’s Announcement Offers a Path for Cleaner Industries, Good Jobs in US

Mar 08, 2023

The Biden administration today announced a suite of advancements related to industrial investment and Buy Clean procurement policies.

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