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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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Buy Clean

Buy Clean California Act Clamps Down on Imported Carbon Emissions

Oct 16, 2017

State Infrastructure Projects to be Subject to New, Low-Carbon Product Standards

Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

Plant-by-Plant Interactive Map Shows Reach of Clean Vehicle Manufacturing and Jobs Across the U.S.

Oct 12, 2017

As Five-Year Anniversary of Fuel Economy Standards Approaches, Map Shows Strong Standards Critical to Sustaining Jobs, Innovation

Trade

NAFTA Renegotiation Comes to Washington, DC as Labor and Environmental Groups Grow More Concerned

Oct 10, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 10, 2017) – As closed-door negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) commence in Washington, D.C. beginning October 11, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director Kim Glas:

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Latest Rollback a Setback to America’s Progress Addressing Climate Change and Building a Clean Economy

Oct 09, 2017

In response to the Trump administration’s and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest effort to roll back America’s progress in addressing climate change and building a clean economy, the BlueGreen Alliance’s Kim Glas released the following statement:

Advanced Clean Technology

RELEASE: Labor, Environmental Leaders Support Reasonable Best Practices for Onshore Oil and Gas Program on Public Lands

Sep 28, 2017

In Letter to Interior Secretary Zinke, BlueGreen Alliance Supports Maintaining Best Practices that Ensure Responsible Oil and Gas Development on Public Lands.

Infrastructure and Community Resilience

Infrastructure Improvements Could Create 14.5 Million Job-Years, Increase GDP By 1.66 Trillion, Reduce Emissions Over Next Decade

Sep 08, 2017

Sens. Carper, Duckworth, U.S. Reps. Bustos, Dingell, Labor, Environmental Leaders Release Report Focused on How Getting America’s Infrastructure to a “B” Grade Could Benefit Workers, Environment

Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

Congressman Ryan Joined USW Leaders in Akron to Discuss their Upcoming Testimony in Washington DC on Keeping Fuel Economy Standards and Ohio Manufacturing Strong

Sep 05, 2017

The day before an EPA hearing where they will be testifying in support of strong fuel economy standards, United Steelworkers Local 2 President Jack Hefner and United Steelworkers Local 979 President Dan Boone were joined by Congressman Tim Ryan at an event in Akron.

BlueGreen Alliance Condemns Hate, Violence, and Domestic Terror in Charlottesville

Aug 17, 2017

The BlueGreen Alliance said it’s incumbent upon the president, every elected leader, and every American to unequivocally condemn these hateful ideologies and actions, and to work together to strive toward a strong, prosperous, and equitable nation.”

Trade

As NAFTA Renegotiation Begins, U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Pennsylvania Leaders Discuss Transforming America’s Trade Policy

Aug 16, 2017

U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) joined a diverse group of labor, environmental, and civic leaders at a forum in Pittsburgh to discuss how trade policy can be transformed to lift up workers and communities, while protecting the environment.

BlueGreen Alliance Releases Trade Policy Statement: The Road to Fair Trade Deals

Aug 15, 2017

With official talks expected to start later this week on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the BlueGreen Alliance—a national partnership of labor unions and environmental organizations—today released its trade policy statement, The Road to Fair Trade Deals, which lays out recommendations for a new approach to trade deals that supports good union jobs, livable wages, healthy communities, clean air and water, and a more stable climate.

Water Infrastructure

As Cities and Towns Across Country Struggle with Water Quality, EPA Proposes Ill-Conceived Clean Water Rule Rollback

Jun 27, 2017

Following the proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind the Clean Water Rule—a joint effort by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that restored Clean Water Act protections for wetlands, streams and other waters to help better protect our drinking water supply—the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director Kim Glas

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Committee Passage of RECLAIM Act Important Step to Help Beleaguered Coal Communities

Jun 27, 2017

The House Committee on Natural Resources today passed the RECLAIM Act, an important step toward revitalizing coal communities.

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