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Blog / Infrastructure and Community Resilience

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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Testimony & Comments / Water Infrastructure

BlueGreen Alliance’s Comments on the Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements

The BlueGreen Alliance was excited to offer our comments on the proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) and specifically on proactive and equitable lead service line replacement (LSLR). LSLR represents a significant and scalable opportunity to support and create good, union jobs, improve the health of communities, and address environmental injustice by prioritizing those communities that have been disproportionately impacted by toxic legacy substances like lead.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Supply Chain Development

Map and Analysis: Building a Strong Manufacturing Base for Clean Energy in the US

The clean technology supply chain analysis below can help federal and state policymakers, advocates, developers, journalists, and others trying to break down the complexity of domestic supply chains for clean energy. The map and spreadsheet below show how we can use new investments in the Inflation Reduction Act to bridge supply chain gaps and build a stronger, cleaner, and fairer industrial base for the clean economy in the U.S.

Racial and Economic Equity and Environmental Justice

BlueGreen Alliance Joins Dozens of Organizations in Calling for White House Office of Management and Budget to Maximizing Federal Dollars

The BlueGreen Alliance joined dozens of organizations in a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget calling for the agency to maximize the benefits of federal dollars for local communities and workers. The organizations represent and serve a variety of constituencies that are working hard to rebuild and recover from the devastating impacts…

Letters / Buy Clean

BlueGreen Alliance Letter of Support for EPA’s Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products

The BlueGreen Alliance writes to express our support of the collaborative application between the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), and University of Massachusetts Amherst for the Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products grant program.

Chemical Safety

Washington Department of Labor and Industries Issues Long Overdue Protections for Oil Refinery Workers

On December 27, 2023 the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) issued their final revisions to the Process Safety Management (PSM) Rule. These regulations create safer working conditions for oil refinery employees. The updated rule will require that oil refineries follow the L&I safety regulations. The rule includes: Collaborating with elected worker representatives…

Press Releases & Statements / Building Clean

New Report Finds Decline in Domestic Manufacturing of Energy-Efficient Products

A new analysis released today from Building Clean—an initiative of the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation—has identified a decline in domestic manufacturing of energy efficiency products. In 2007, 84% of energy-efficient products used in the United States were manufactured domestically. The data found that today the U.S.-made percentage has fallen to 79%. The new report, Energy Efficiency Should…

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