Industrial Transformation

Industrial Transformation

Industrial Transformation

In this moment of interlocking crises, a movement of movements is joining together to fight for an industrial transformation that unites frontline communities fighting for clean air and water, workers fighting for good jobs, and advocacy  groups fighting for racial and economic equity.


We seek a new approach to industrial policy that replaces handouts  for corporate polluters with protections for people and the planet. We seek comprehensive solutions that create good-paying, clean manufacturing jobs, cut industrial pollution, and build climate resilience for those hardest hit by the fossil fuel economy. 

For too long, U.S. economic policies have prioritized corporate polluters, not the people and planet. Corporate trade deals and status-quo spending policies have padded the pockets of CEOs while exposing communities of color, immigrants, and working-class families to toxic pollutants, climate disasters, and low wages.

Our cross-sector movement to build a second Industrial Revolution based on 21st century innovation and clean manufacturing processes  is building unity and gaining momentum. It’s time for us to win the future we all need and deserve. Join us!

Fumes from a smokestack at a steel mill in Cleveland, Ohio. iStock

Coming Clean on Industrial Emissions

A new Sierra Club report and interactive map reveals — for the first time — the facility-level emissions for four heavy industries: Steel, cement, aluminum, and metallurgical coke.

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August 27, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – CHIPS Communities United, a coalition of unions and community groups, raised concerns today about toxic “forever chemicals” in wastewater from semiconductor plants. Newly analyzed data from GlobalFoundries in Vermont revealed…

August 22, 2024

Butler, PA â€“  Cleveland-Cliffs and the Department of Energy Industrial Demonstrations Program (IDP), recently announced that the company’s Butler Works facility – the only American manufacturer of grain-oriented electrical steel,…

August 12, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – In commemoration of two-years of the CHIPS and Science Act, Sierra Club, UAW, and CWA applaud Senators Edward J.

August 7, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan for implementing a new labeling program to help Federal purchasers and other buyers procure cleaner, more climate-friendly construction materials and…

July 29, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC –  Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (D-NC) and Congressman Max Miller (R-OH) introduced a groundbreaking bill aimed at transforming the cement, concrete, and asphalt industries by promoting the research, development, and…