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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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Testimony & Comments / Building Clean

BlueGreen Alliance Provides Comments on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Green and Resilient Retrofit Program

We are excited to offer our comments on the HUD Green and Resilient Retrofit Program, which is a unique opportunity for holistic building retrofits to address energy and water efficiency, health and climate resilience and to benefit disadvantaged communities with improved affordable housing and through quality job creation.

Press Releases & Statements / Buy Clean

Buy Clean Continues to Gain Momentum with Administration Action

The White House yesterday hosted a convening with National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi, Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory, and leaders from 20 states to discuss advancing Buy Clean initiatives. Alongside the convening, the White House released a fact sheet on Buy Clean efforts. The fact sheet outlines new federal support, private sector commitments, and state and local action.

Press Releases & Statements / Infrastructure and Community Resilience

Mayors from Around MN Tour Union Training Facility, Discuss How Federal Investments Can Drive Good Jobs, Racial Equity, and Climate Action

Mayors from around the state joined labor, environmental, and civic leaders for a tour focused on maximizing the impact of investments in two new federal laws—the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act for all Minnesotans. The tour of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) Training Center in Little Canada highlighted how the union is helping workers gain the skills they need for jobs rebuilding and modernizing infrastructure and improving the energy efficiency of homes and businesses.

Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

UAW Joins BlueGreen Alliance

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.

Press Releases & Statements / Buy Clean

Ahead of Administration Buy Clean Announcement, BlueGreen Alliance Release New White Paper

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.

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