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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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Workers' Rights

Limited Scope of OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Leaves too Many Workers in Danger

Jun 10, 2021

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today released an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The ETS applies only to healthcare workers and was released alongside updated general industry guidance.

Building Clean

Nation Needs Robust Domestic Supply Chain to Lead in Producing Critical Clean Technology

Jun 08, 2021

The White House today released its report and recommendations following the 100-day supply chain review called for in President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains. The review assessed the domestic supply chains for advanced batteries, critical minerals, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals.

Advanced Clean Technology

Effort to Reduce Methane Leaks in the Pipeline Industry Needed to Grow Jobs, Clean Up Air

Jun 07, 2021

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced action and called for the pipeline industry to update their inspection and maintenance plans to reduce leaks of methane—a potent greenhouse gas—in natural gas distribution pipes in communities across the country.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

May Jobs Report Shows Why We Need the American Jobs Plan

Jun 04, 2021

The Bureau of Labor Statistics today released its monthly employment report, which showed the U.S. economy gained 559,000 jobs in the month of May. The report also indicated that the nation has lost over 700,000 jobs in the manufacturing and construction sectors since February 2020.

Chemical Safety

Investments in PFAS cleanup will Create Jobs, Improve Public Health

May 27, 2021

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) today took part in a roundtable discussion on the need to support federal level efforts to set public health standards around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and sufficiently fund efforts to help communities deal with existing contamination issues.

Clean Energy for America Act Includes Powerful New Provisions to Ensure Clean Energy Tax Credits Create Good-Paying Jobs and Help Grow the Manufacturing Supply Chain in the United States

May 27, 2021

The Senate Finance Committee yesterday met to markup Sen. Ron Wyden’s (D-OR) Clean Energy for America Act.

Infrastructure and Community Resilience

Voters across Six Key States Support Investments in Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Clean Energy, and Care Economy to Rebuild Economy

May 21, 2021

Survey Commissioned by BlueGreen Alliance Shows Voters in Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin Support Investments in Rebuilding Economy that Bring Good-Paying Jobs Back to the United States

Buy Clean

Washington Makes Critical Progress on Buy Clean and Buy Fair

May 20, 2021

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed the 2021-23 Biennium Budgets into law Tuesday afternoon. The budgets make critical progress on Buy Clean and Buy Fair by funding the creation of a database to track building materials purchased for state-funded infrastructure projects and two large Buy Clean and Buy Fair pilot projects.

Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

President Biden’s Visit to Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center Showcases Opportunity in Electric Vehicle Future

May 18, 2021

President Joe Biden is touring the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center—the plant in which the Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck will be built. The BlueGreen Alliance and other environmental and advocacy groups today released a letter to President Joe Biden calling for tax credits, grants, loans, and other manufacturing incentive programs that can help to build a globally competitive domestic automotive industry and supply chain, which can support well-paying manufacturing jobs.

Vineyard Wind Greenlight Signals Next Phase in Growth of U.S. Offshore Wind Industry

May 11, 2021

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today announced approval of the construction and operation of the Vineyard Wind project, the nation’s first large-scale, offshore wind project.

Infrastructure and Community Resilience

As Vice President Harris Visits Milwaukee, BlueGreen Alliance Highlights Need to Ensure Clean Energy Jobs are Good Jobs

May 04, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris today visited Milwaukee to tour the clean energy labs at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and participate in a roundtable on the research and development investments included in the American Jobs Plan. The plan, announced earlier this spring by President Joe Biden, is a massive economic recovery plan focused on rebuilding and modernizing the nation’s infrastructure and investing in domestic manufacturing and clean energy.

Water Infrastructure

BlueGreen Alliance Applauds Senate Passage of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021

Apr 29, 2021

The U.S. Senate today voted to pass the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021. The bill authorizes funds for replacing lead service lines, reauthorizes the Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Funds, makes permanent the Buy America provision in the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, starts a pilot program at the U.S. Environmental Protection agency for low-income water assistance, and authorizes funding for rural and disadvantaged communities.

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