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In those early days, the organization quickly realized the potential impact of working on state and local level initiatives.</p> <p><strong>BGA鈥檚 state-level work has resulted in more than 100 wins in the form of strong climate and labor legislation, policy, regulatory, and implementation successes just since 2015.</strong> Several of these efforts have led to historic pieces of legislation, some of which have been used as models in other parts of the country. For example, led by the BlueGreen Alliance, USW, Sierra Club, and other business, labor, and environmental organizations, a coalition was formed in 2016 to push for a new law in California that required state agencies to consider the embedded emissions of industrial products like steel and glass when contracting for state-funded infrastructure projects. After taking a hard look at the industry in the state, Buy Clean California was passed in the California legislature with bipartisan support and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on October 15, 2017. BGA has since worked to get Buy Clean policies adopted in Washington, Oregon, Colorado, and Minnesota, as well as federally. California鈥檚 Project Safety Management rules, an effort also lead by BGA, have been used as a model, which just was passed this year in Washington State.</p> <p>BGA now works in nine states.</p> </div> <div class="contain -xw:5 $mYa"> <h3>BGA IN THE STATES</h3> <iframe src=https://bgafoundation.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/media/index.html?appid=81d61b25bb2a43d7b641a6252904f268 width="900px" height="600" frameborder="0" style="border:0" allowfullscreen>iFrames are not supported on this page.</iframe> </div> <div class="box1 decontain $mYa"> <div class="contain"> <h1 class="tx-c $mBb -tt:u">Victories in the States</h1> <div class="grid-a"> <div class="wrap"> <div class="cell w33 w50@medium w100@small"> <div class="card1"> <a href="https://www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/colorado-governor-signs-carbon-management-act-exploring-carbon-removal-methods/" class="card1-wrap" title="Colorado Governor Signs Carbon Management Act, Exploring Carbon Removal Methods"> <h2 class="card1-title">Colorado Governor Signs Carbon Management Act, Exploring Carbon Removal Methods</h2> <p class="card1-date"><time datetime="2020-11-18">May 23, 2023</time></p> <p>Governor Jared Polis signed HB23-1210鈥擳he Carbon Management Act. This bill was sponsored by State Representative Ruby Dickson and State Senators Chris Hansen and Kevin Priola.聽The new law requires the Colorado Energy Office to develop a roadmap examining the removal of greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="cell w33 w50@medium w100@small"> <div class="card1"> <a href="https://www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/buy-clean-buy-fair-bill-signed-by-gov-walz-will-support-good-jobs-reduce-pollution/" class="card1-wrap" title="Buy Clean Buy Fair Bill Signed by Gov. Walz Will Support Good Jobs, Reduce Pollution"> <h2 class="card1-title">Buy Clean Buy Fair Bill Signed by Gov. Walz Will Support Good Jobs, Reduce Pollution</h2> <p class="card1-date"><time datetime="2020-11-18">May 24, 2023</time></p> <p>The BlueGreen Alliance today celebrated the the Buy Clean Buy Fair Minnesota Act becoming law. The components of the bill were included two omnibus bills signed by Gov. Tim Walz.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="cell w33 w50@medium w100@small"> <div class="card1"> <a href="https://www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/gov-kotek-signs-offshore-wind-and-labor-roadmap-bill-into-law-signaling-oregons-preparedness-to-lead-in-this-industry/" class="card1-wrap" title="Gov. Kotek Signs Offshore Wind and Labor Roadmap Bill into Law, Signaling Oregon鈥檚 Preparedness to Lead in this Industry"> <h2 class="card1-title">Gov. 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