Blue Green Alliance
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The Blue Green Alliance
Member Organizations
As at Jan. 28, 2011, the following were member organizations of the Alliance:[1]
- United Steelworkers
- Sierra Club
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Communications Workers of America
- National Wildlife Federation
- Service Employees International Union
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- Laborers' International Union of North America
- Utility Workers Union of America
- American Federation of Teachers
- Amalgamated Transit Union
- Sheet Metal Workers' International Association
- United Auto Workers
Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference
The Blue Green Alliance sponsors the annual Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference.
2009
The conference was held from Feb. 4-6, 2009.
Speakers
The following spoke at the conference:[2]
- Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, Ohio
- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Michigan
- Governor Martin O'Malley, Maryland
- Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Kansas
- Congressman Keith Ellison, Fifth District, Minnesota
- Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, United Nations Under-Secretary General
- Cathy Zoi, CEO, Alliance for Climate Protection
- Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
- Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers
- Peter Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Larry Cohen, President, Communications Workers of America
- Denise Bode, CEO, American Wind Energy Association
- Van Jones, Founding President, Green For All
- James P. Hoffa, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Donald Kennedy, PhD, Campaign Chair, Climate Recovery Partnership, Sierra Club
- Terence M. O'Sullivan, General President, Laborers' International Union of North America
- David Foster, Executive Director, Blue Green Alliance
- Phil Angelides, Chairman, Apollo Alliance
- Jim Hightower, Radio commentator and author
2010
The conference was held from May. 4-6, 2010.
Speakers
The following spoke at the conference:[3]
- Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy
- Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor
- Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania
- Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor of Colorado
- U.S. Senator John Kerry, United States Senator of Massachusetts
- U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, United States Senator of Oregon
- U.S. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, Fifth District of Missouri
- U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison, Fifth District of Minnesota
- U.S. Congressman Ben Ray Luján, Third District of New Mexico
- U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, First Congressional District of Maine
- Dean Allen, Chief Executive Officer, McKinstry
- Paul Anastas, Ph.D., Assistant Administrator, Office of Research and Development (ORD), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Denise Bode, Chief Executive Officer, American Wind Energy Association
- Chandra Brown, Vice President, Oregon Iron Works, Inc., President, United Streetcar, LLC
- Michael Brune, Executive Director, Sierra Club
- James Cicconi, Senior Executive Vice President - External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T, Inc.
- Larry Cohen, President, Communications Workers of America
- T. M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa
- David Foster, Executive Director, BlueGreen Alliance
- Warren S. George, International President]], Amalgamated Transit Union
- Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers
- Gerald Hudson, International Executive Vice President, Service Employees International Union
- Carole James, Leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party
- D. Michael Langford, National President, Utility Workers Union of America
- Peter Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
- David Michaels, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health]]
- George H. Miller, FAIA, 2010 President, American Institute of Architects
- Michael Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia
- Terence M. O'Sullivan, General President of Laborers' International Union of North America
- Ruth Otte, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Veolia Transportation
- Robert Perciasepe, Deputy Administrator, United State Environmental Protection Agency
- State Rep. Hannah Pingree, Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
- Roger Platt, Senior Vice President, Global Policy and Law]], U.S. Green Building Council]]
- Carl Pope, Chairman, Sierra Club]]
- Fred Potter, At-Large Vice President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Rhone Resch, President and CEO, Solar Energy Industries Association
- Louis L. Schorsch, President/CEO Flat Carbon Americas, Executive Vice President, ArcelorMittal
- Beth Springer, Executive Vice President - International and Natural Personal Care, The Clorox Company
- Robert G. Stanton, Senior Advisory to the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
- Harriet Tregoning, Director, Washington, D.C. Office of Planning
- Richard L. Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO
- Arnold F. Wellman, Corporate Vice President of Public Affairs, Domestic/International, UPS
References
- ↑ Blue Green Alliance website: Member Organizations (accessed on Jan. 28, 2011)
- ↑ Green Jobs Conference website: 2009 Speakers (accessed on Jan. 28, 2011)
- ↑ Green Jobs Conference website: 2010 Speakers (accessed on Jan. 28, 2011)
