Updates & Resources

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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Statement from the BlueGreen Alliance on the Conviction of Derek Chauvin for the Murder of George Floyd

Apr 20, 2021

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all counts for the murder of George Floyd by a jury of his peers. The following is a statement from BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh:

Testimony & Comments / Infrastructure and Community Resilience

Testimony of Jason Walsh to the House Committee on Energy & Commerce

Apr 20, 2021

In his testimony, Jason Walsh highlighted that America’s offshore wind industry is growing quickly and provides us with a potential model for creating quality, family-sustaining jobs while helping to drive the nation’s clean energy future. By supporting a wide variety of workforce development strategies, including union training and registered apprenticeship programs, the Offshore Wind Jobs…

Brenda Mallory is the Right Person to Lead CEQ

Apr 14, 2021

Brenda Mallory today was confirmed as the next Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).

Advanced Clean Technology

American Jobs Plan Makes the Investments America Needs

Mar 31, 2021

President Joe Biden will shortly unveil his American Jobs Plan to boost the economy. In advance of the announcement, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh: “We came into the COVID-19 pandemic with three intersecting crises: climate change, income inequality, and racial injustice. To address any one of these crises…

Letters / Infrastructure and Community Resilience

Environment and Labor groups call for $4 Trillion infrastructure investment

Mar 31, 2021

We need immediate action that will build a more just, equitable, clean, and more prosperous American economy.

Building Clean

BuildingHealthy.org Examines Healthy Building Practices within Building Certifications

Mar 30, 2021

A new website released today examines the healthy building practices in more than 20 residential building certifications. The site, BuildingHealthy.org, focuses on healthy building practices that have a direct impact on occupants and that are considered permanent features of the building.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs

America’s Energy Transition: A Case Study on the Passage and Implementation of the Country’s First Just Transition Bill

Mar 25, 2021

This case study focuses on the passage of first-of-its-kind just transition legislation in Colorado, which provides valuable lessons to advocates for coal communities and workers in other states and a glimpse into the challenges that lie ahead.

Letters / Other

BlueGreen Alliance fully supports the nomination of Brenda Mallory to serve as Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality

Mar 24, 2021

Brenda Mallory is the right person for this job. And she can bring her leadership and experience to CEQ to do this critical work in ways that lifts up communities and workers and prioritizes investments in workers and communities that need it most.

Letters / Other

BlueGreen Alliance fully supports the the nomination of Janet McCabe as Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Mar 24, 2021

Janet McCabe is the right person to take this vision forward at the EPA, with extensive knowledge of environmental law and decades of experience working on critical issues such as air quality, climate change, and children’s environmental health.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance Congratulates Marty Walsh on Confirmation as Secretary of Labor

Mar 22, 2021

Marty Walsh today was confirmed as the U.S. Secretary of Labor. In response, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh:

Trade

BlueGreen Alliance Congratulates Katherine Tai on Confirmation as U.S. Trade Representative

Mar 17, 2021

Katherine Tai today was confirmed as the next U.S. Trade Representative. Tai is the first Asian American person and the first woman of color to hold the position.

Letters / Trade

BlueGreen Alliance Supports the Nomination of the Honorable Katherine Tai as the Next U.S. Trade Representative

Mar 17, 2021

A founding principle of the BlueGreen Alliance is support for a just trade policy that promotes growth and prosperity across all sectors of the global society—not just for multinational corporations and few elites—and embeds enforceable labor, environmental, and human rights standards in our trade agreements.

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