BlueGreen Alliance Endorses Mandela Barnes
The BlueGreen Alliance, a national partnership of labor unions and environmental organizations, announced today that the organization has endorsed Mandela Barnes for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin.
Press Releases / International Climate Agreements
The U.S. Senate yesterday voted to ratify the Kigali Amendment Montreal Protocol. The amendment phases down production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—powerful climate pollutants and is expected to avoid up to 0.5℃ of warming by 2100.
Press Releases / Clean Economy Union Jobs
The BlueGreen Alliance today announced the United Auto Workers (UAW) will join its growing national labor-environmental partnership and its fight for a clean, prosperous, and equitable economy. The announcement comes at a vital time in the domestic auto industry. The industry is at a crossroads, with the United States poised to be a global leader in clean vehicle and electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing—helping to bring back high-skill, high-wage, union jobs.
Testimony & Comments / Industrial Transformation
The Advanced Energy Manufacturing & Recycling Grant Program offers a critical opportunity to support the creation and retention of good union jobs in communities facing economic hardships related to coal facility closures while addressing climate change and reducing toxic pollution.
Climate Change & the Clean Economy
The United States Climate Alliance (USCA), in partnership with the BlueGreen Alliance, released the Just and Equitable Transition State Policy Framework and an accompanying Resource Guide to assist policymakers as they create legislation for the United States’ transition to cleaner, cheaper sources of energy.
Climate Change & the Clean Economy
President Joe Biden today traveled to Somerset, MA to announce a number of climate change initiatives and tour a former coal-fired power plant that has been converted to manufacture products, including submarine power cables for use in offshore wind projects. It is estimated that 6,800 miles of cable will be needed to reach the administration’s goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030.