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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Toolkit / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

The Impacts of Fuel Economy and Vehicle GHG Standards on Innovation, Investment, American Manufacturing, and Jobs

Mar 30, 2020

The Trump administration is taking action to deeply weaken America’s world-leading fuel economy and vehicle greenhouse gas standards. That action is bad for workers and the economy.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Congress Moves Forward to Help Workers, but More Action Needed to Ensure Recovery

Mar 27, 2020

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the latest step forward to aid workers and families. Following the vote, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh:

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Congress Comes Together to Help American Workers

Mar 26, 2020

The U.S. Senate passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a legislative package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that includes added accountability for taxpayer funds that would go to companies; bolsters unemployment compensation; and directs urgently needed help to hospitals, schools, and millions of Americans, among other provisions.

Blog / Clean Economy Union Jobs

A Better Bailout for Workers

Mar 24, 2020

Congress took the first major step last week to address the immediate economic impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic when it passed legislation to provide paid time off to some workers and boost unemployment insurance, among other measures.

Workers' Rights

Senate GOP’s COVID-19 Bill Leaves Working People Behind

Mar 23, 2020

As leaders in Congress continue to negotiate a legislative package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BlueGreen Alliance called on Congressional leadership to support a list of priorities for any economic stimulus package related to the crisis and released the following statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh:

Letters / Clean Economy Union Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance Partners Call for a Robust Stimulus Package

Mar 21, 2020

As a coalition of some of the nation’s largest labor unions and environmental organizations, collectively representing millions of members and supporters, the BlueGreen Alliance thanks you for advancing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to provide critical relief during this crisis.

Testimony & Comments / Clean Economy Union Jobs

COVID-19 Federal Response & Economic Stimulus – BlueGreen Alliance Legislative Priorities

Mar 21, 2020

Congress took the first steps to address the immediate economic impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic when it passed legislation to provide paid time off to some workers and boost unemployment insurance, among other measures. This was a positive start, but facing an economy that will probably lose millions of jobs by this summer, more is needed and it is needed now.

Workers' Rights

BlueGreen Alliance Statement on Passage of Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Mar 18, 2020

The Senate today passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to provide aid to American workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Continuing Our Mission During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 13, 2020

As workers and communities around the country struggle with the new reality surrounding COVID-19, the BlueGreen Alliance remains committed to our mission of solving today’s environmental challenges in ways that create and maintain quality jobs and build a stronger, fairer economy.

Blog / Supply Chain Development

Does Daylight Saving Time even save energy? Spring forward on energy efficiency anyways!

Mar 08, 2020

In 2008, The United States Department of Energy Department examined the impact of the extended Daylight Saving Time on energy consumption in the United States and found that Daylight Saving Time saved about 0.5% in total electricity per day. While this might not sound like a lot, it adds up to electricity savings of 1.3 billion kilowatt-hours—or…

Blog / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy

Another Trump Budget, More Broken Promises

Mar 04, 2020

The president’s 2021 budget cuts efforts to ensure worker and community health and safety, spur U.S. manufacturing and innovation, invest in the communities hardest hit by America’s transition to cleaner, cheaper energy, and protect our environment for future generations. The proposed cuts would make workplaces more dangerous, mean more pollution in our air and water,…

Testimony & Comments / Clean Economy Union Jobs

TESTIMONY OF JASON WALSH TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

Feb 26, 2020

BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh today testified in front of the House Committee on Natural Resources at its legislative hearing on H.R. 5435, the American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019.

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