Testimony & Comments / Infrastructure and Community Resilience
When done right, offshore wind power will create thousands of high-quality, family-sustaining jobs in manufacturing, construction, operations and maintenance, and in the development of port facilities, transmission, and other associated infrastructure.
Testimony & Comments / Clean Economy Union Jobs
When done right, offshore wind power will create thousands of high-quality, family-sustaining jobs in manufacturing, construction, operations and maintenance, and in the development of port facilities, transmission, and other associated infrastructure while also minimizing environmental impacts.
Testimony & Comments / Infrastructure and Community Resilience
Maximizing the use of union labor for offshore wind development can ensure the best return on investment for taxpayers and support the administration’s equity goals—union households earn up to 20% more than nonunion households. Workers of color and workers with less formal education see even greater advantages.
Testimony & Comments / Chemical Safety
In exploring the beta screening tool, there are a number of observations and corresponding recommendations that we would like to share with CEQ to improve the beta version.
Testimony & Comments / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today will open its first round of applications for the Clean School Bus Program.
Testimony & Comments / Buildings
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the buildings sector accounts for 31% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.i Public buildings—and schools in particular—have the potential to greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Testimony & Comments / Buildings
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the buildings sector accounts for 31% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Public buildings, in particular, have the potential to greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These types of buildings, also known as Municipal, University, Schools, Hospitals (MUSH) tend to be the most energy intensive because they are typically large, old and have high electricity demand.
Testimony & Comments / Infrastructure and Community Resilience
Cleaning up orphaned wells in the U.S. is a great example of how America’s environmental challenges can also be economic opportunities. In communities across the country, these wells pose significant public health and environmental hazards, often leaking methane gas, contaminating surface and groundwater, and degrading ecosystems.
Testimony & Comments / Water Infrastructure
BlueGreen Alliance Midwest Regional Field Organizer Richard Diaz testified at the House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing on water infrastructure called “Trusting the Tap: Upgrading America’s Drinking Water Infrastructure.”
Testimony & Comments / Industrial Transformation
Hydrogen is an interesting opportunity to put people to work in the clean economy using the careers and skill-sets that they have today. Hydrogen is currently produced for a number of uses in the U.S., and reducing emissions from that process will allow workers to retain jobs while we make progress on climate goals. The industry also requires existing skill-sets in construction and operations and maintenance and hydrogen as a fuel can substitute for fossil fuels for some industrial processes.