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About the Nevada BlueGreen Alliance
The Nevada BlueGreen Alliance is a statewide coalition of labor unions and environmental groups working together to address our state’s environmental challenges in a way that promotes economic justice. Our members believe deeply in tackling the solutions to address climate change and other environmental challenges in ways that create and maintain quality jobs and that build a stronger, fairer economy in the Silver State.
For more information on our work, contact Pesach Chananiah at pchananiah@bluegreenalliance.org.
Nevada Op-Ed: Inflation Reduction Act’s Historic Labor and Climate Investments Will Benefit Nevada
Nevada Inflation Reduction Act Jobs
“…the Inflation Reduction Act will create 9 million jobs in a decade across the nation; now we can better understand what these investments mean specifically for Nevada,” said Pesach Chananiah, BlueGreen Alliance Nevada Policy Organizer. “This is proof that Nevada can have both good-paying union jobs and a cleaner economy. We are excited to work with our state partners on implementing these investments so all Nevadans can capture the economic gains.”
“We are thrilled to see more data showing environmental and labor efforts are united and strong,” said Elspeth Cordua DiMarzio, Co-Chair of Nevada BlueGreen Alliance & Senior Campaign Representative at Sierra Club. “Nevada is ready to unleash a future-forward energy sector that harnesses the vast renewable energy potential throughout the state.”
“The potential for clean energy and clean manufacturing job creation in Nevada is huge news,” said Rick Johnson, President of Southern Nevada Building Trades Unions and Western States International Vice-President of the Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers. “We are hopeful that these massive job gains for the state will result in sustainable middle-class job growth and lift tens of thousands of hardworking Nevadans into a stable and predictable working economy.
Read the full press release here.
Key Facts
$867 million Public + Private Spending. Federal investments are estimated to spur a consequential amount of private spending, which will further facilitate new developments and high-quality jobs in Nevada. (Source)
$357 million Public Spending. Due to the Inflation Reduction Act, there will be significant public spending over the next 10 years that will result in thousands of new jobs in Nevada. (Source)
40,000 Jobs Over 10yrs. Recent data commissioned by the BlueGreen Alliance revealed the Inflation Reduction Act may create tens of thousands of jobs over the next 10 years in Nevada. (Source)