Janus Case Puts Communities, Not Just Unions, at Risk
On February 26 union members and supporters rallied outside the United States Supreme Court sending a clear message. American workers don’t want their unions messed with.
Blog / High Road Investment in Public Infrastructure
Last year, BlueGreen Alliance released our Making the Grade 2.0 report outlining how a robust investment in America’s infrastructure could create millions of quality jobs and protect the environment. We outlined three key elements to achieve that goal:
Blog / Clean Vehicles and Fuels
EPA’s latest annual assessment of new automobile fuel economy, the “Fuel Economy Trends” report, shows that automakers have made great progress building fuel-efficient vehicles from when standards were tightened in the 1970s and early 1980s and with the gains of the last five years. The report findings are evidence that fuel economy standards are working as designed.
Blog / Safe Chemicals, Safe Jobs
First responders, workers, and residents who live in the communities surrounding industrial facilities deserve to have these long-overdue rules implemented and strengthened—their health and safety depend on it.
Blog / Clean Vehicles and Fuels
California is on the cutting edge of the clean economy thanks to our leadership in addressing climate change.
Blog / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
The National Wildlife Federation partnered with the BlueGreen Alliance and the Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council to bring more than 100 leaders in labor and workforce development out to the Block Island Wind Farm to witness the debut project in action.
Blog / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
Last Thursday, the Trump administration officially announced that the United States would withdraw from the historic Paris agreement—a commitment of nearly every country in the world to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and which aims to keep the planet’s warming below 2 degrees Celsius.
Blog / Clean Vehicles and Fuels
Both the administration and some in Congress are arguing for regulatory rollback as a cornerstone of a platform on American manufacturing. There’s only one problem with this plan: cutting regulations doesn’t help American manufacturing, it hurts it—and it hurts American manufacturing workers and communities that depend on them.
Blog / Clean Vehicles and Fuels
At our event at the Cleveland Auto Show, representatives from ArcelorMittal Cleveland, the United Steelworkers, and the National Wildlife Federation talked about how fuel economy standards have played a key role in boosting the auto recovery, and are critical to sustaining and growing auto sector jobs in years to come.
Blog / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
On January 31, Pennsylvania State Senators John Blake (D) and Guy Reschenthaler (R) joined labor, business, and environmental leaders to unveil their legislation to bring PACE to the Keystone State. Senate Bill 234 would establish the PACE financing mechanism in the state, which is a financing mechanism that enables low-cost, long-term funding for energy efficiency, renewable energy and water conservation upgrades to commercial or industrial properties.