The BlueGReen Alliance, which groups together labour union and environmental organizations in a powerful force, has issued a new report which measures the harm to workers and the U.S. economy caused by the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed a year ago by President Trump. The report, released earlier this month, finds that cancelled or delayed clean energy projects could cost billions in investment and more than one million jobs. It is entitled Bait and Switch: The Impacts of Trump Administration Policies at the Intersection of Clean Energy, Manufacturing, and Labor.
The report indicated that 223 manufacturing, clean energy, and industrial projects are already canceled or stalled, representing at least $82.8 billion in capital investment, which could cost up to 111,765 jobs.
It also found more than 3,034 manufacturing, clean energy, and industrial sites now face tax restrictions due to OBBBA, putting at risk $695.2 billion in capital investment and 1,184,996 jobs.
“When Donald Trump stepped into the Oval Office in January 2025, we were on a path to a better future for working people and the planet, but Trump has put a torch to it,” said BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh. “Serious damage has been done, but it’s not too late to start fixing what Trump and the GOP Congress have tried to destroy. We need leadership in Washington, D.C. who will focus on creating good-paying jobs generating clean energy and building the supply chains we need for America to achieve widespread prosperity, security, and equity.”
The report explores the rollback of policies and investments included in the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, federal agency actions that have pulled funding from clean energy and manufacturing projects, and executive actions attacking workplace safety and health and the right of workers to organize themselves into a union. These actions have unquestionably increased costs for working people, left wages stagnant, and lost jobs and investment across the nation.
“To capture the scale of the impact that the rollback of clean energy and manufacturing policies has had on those sectors, our research team integrated our supply chain research and policy expertise with the most current and credible project tracking data to create a database of over ten thousand projects and sites,” said BlueGreen Alliance Vice President of Research Roxanne Johnson. “The resulting figures clearly illustrate the staggering loss of investment and job creation that the policies of this administration and Congress have brought about.”
In addition to the economic impacts, the report also highlighted executive orders, funding cuts, and agency decisions that Trump and Republicans in Congress have enacted to dismantle unions, worker safety protections, and equity efforts in the private and public sectors. These efforts include:
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s weakening of the Risk Management Program rules that would have made highly hazardous industries safer;
- The Trump administration’s delay of the Silica Rule, which would have protected mine workers from harmful exposure to silica dust;
- Trump’s executive order stripping collective bargaining rights of more than a million federal workers at more than 30 federal agencies involved in national defense, border security, foreign relations, energy security, pandemic preparedness, cybersecurity, economic defense, and public safety;
- The decline in U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspections and penalties. In 2025, OSHA conducted 20% fewer workplace inspections. Those inspections that did occur in 2025 resulted in a 42% decrease in citations for willful violations and the lowest penalty total in the past 17 years.
- Trump’s series of executive orders rolling back Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) initiatives across federal agencies, including programs tied to workplace equity and anti-discrimination enforcement.
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