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Building Clean: Improving Efficiency, Health, and Equity in Housing and Creating Good Jobs

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

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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Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance Urges Passage of the Maryland POWER Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On March 6, 2023, the Maryland General Assembly Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee heard testimony regarding the Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources (POWER) Act. If passed, the POWER Act would increase Maryland’s offshore wind (OSW) goal to 8.5 gigawatts by 2031 and establish high-road labor standards across OSW manufacturing, installation, and…

Press Releases & Statements / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy

Tariff on Imports of Russian Aluminum Underscores Need to Revitalize U.S. Aluminum Manufacturing

On February 24, 2023 the White House announced a 200% tariff on aluminum imports from Russia in response to its war in Ukraine. Currently, the U.S. imports more than 6 million tons of aluminum per year. The domestic industry has been on the decline for over a decade and currently only five aluminum smelters are operational within the country. 

Press Releases & Statements / Infrastructure and Community Resilience

BlueGreen Alliance Celebrates Finalization of NEVI Rules

he U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and White House today made a series of announcements that will shape the future of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the United States. Prominent among them is FHWA’s publishing of final minimum standards for agency-funded EV charging infrastructure, which will set the baseline for how states implement the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program (NEVI).

Press Releases & Statements / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy

New Treasury Guidance Lays Foundation for Revitalizating US Industry and Manufacturing

The U.S. Treasury Department yesterday released guidance for $10 billion of credits for the advanced energy projects 48C(e) program. The department outlined the goals of the program, including expanding U.S. manufacturing capacity and quality jobs for clean energy technologies; reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. industrial sector; securing domestic supply chains for critical materials that serve as inputs for clean energy technology production; and driving investments into energy communities.

Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Building Wisconsin’s Infrastructure Workforce Webinar

On Monday, February 13 the BlueGreen Alliance and WRTP | BIG STEP hosted a webinar presentation and panel discussion with labor leaders and contractors, researchers, and other workforce development leaders to discuss how to prepare Wisconsin’s workforce for implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. The webinar explored best practices to ensure quality standards are applied to infrastructure and clean energy projects and what support is still needed to maximize the impact of these two laws for workers and communities. 

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