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.

Explore The Report
July 9, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Reps John Curtis (R-UT) and Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced the Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act. This bipartisan bill directs the U.S.

June 25, 2024

 

May 29, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – A new report released today, Trading Away Our Climate: How Corporations Use Trade and Investment Agreements to Undermine Action on Climate Change, highlights how fossil fuel companies worldwide threaten climate progress through…

April 22, 2024

Washington, D.C. — Leading environmental and other civil society organizations submitted joint comments to the Office of U.S. Trade Representative today on critical minerals supply chain standards needed to advance shared climate and sustainable…

April 25, 2024

Washington, DC – CHIPS Communities United (CCU), a coalition of labor unions, environmental organizations, and community groups, today urged the Commerce Department to follow up on the expectations outlined by the White House and make sure the $6.14…