Washington, DC – Members of CHIPS Communities United (CCU), a coalition of unions, environmental, and community groups, responded to the contract between the CHIPS Program Office and Micron Corp. for facilities in New York and Idaho. The coalition raised concerns about the absence of firm, transparent job creation and job quality commitments, supposedly a central goal of the CHIPS and Science Act.
Today, the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (China Select Committee), held a final meeting to release three new bills – the Black Mass Export Controls Act, the Critical Minerals Workforce Enhancement Act, and the Earth Sciences and Cooperation Enhancement Act – aimed at advancing domestic and allied nations’ critical mineral supply chains necessary for the clean energy transition and economic security.
Coalition Celebrates Environmental Reporting But Call For Greater Transparency On Job Quality
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources is holding a hearing on the bicameral and bipartisan Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act.
Washington, DC – Members of CHIPS Communities United (CCU), a coalition of unions, environmental, social justice, civil rights, and community groups, responded to the contract announced on Friday between the CHIPS for America Program Office and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for its facility in Phoenix, Arizona – only the second CHIPS Act contract to be fina
WASHINGTON, DC – In 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law became the largest infrastructure bill in generations. In 2022, the largest climate jobs and manufacturing bill ever – the Inflation Reduction Act – ensured that we could supply the materials for new infrastructure and spurred a clean manufacturing boom in red and blue states across the country.
Washington, D.C. – A new report from Industrious Labs offers the first facility-by-facility breakdown of toxic emissions from U.S. coal-based steel and coke plants, exposing the staggering human toll: up to an estimated 892 premature deaths, 250,500 cases of asthma symptoms, and $13.2 billion in health costs every year associated with pollution from just 17 facilities in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, and Virginia.
Washington, DC – CHIPS Communities United (CCU), a coalition of labor unions, environmental organizations, and community groups, today thanked Members of Congress for recent letters to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo that raised concerns with transparency and enforceability in CHIPS contracts.
WASHINGTON, DC —Today, the Biden administration announced it will deploy $428 million in infrastructure funds through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to projects aimed at growing domestic clean energy manufacturing in communities affected by coal mine or power plant closures. The Energy Department (DOE) selected 14 projects that will advance domestic clean energy manufacturing across 15 U.S. coal communities.
WASHINGTON, DC – Since Japan’s Nippon Steel Corporation announced its intention to buy U.S. Steel several months ago, it has waged an aggressive campaign of public pressure, backroom lobbying, and threats to sway decision-makers to approve the deal. On October 2, 2024 the Sierra Club, and major international organizations sent a letter to lawmakers from some of our key manufacturing states to urge them to oppose the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel Corporation, citing serious climate and labor concerns.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmental, and public health groups, including the Sierra Club, are urging President Joe Biden to veto a controversial bill that exempts most semiconductor companies applying for federal CHIPS Act funding from having to complete essential environmental reviews, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA.
Washington, DC - The Sierra Club has joined labor, faith, and consumer rights partners to call on the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to proceed with implementing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as intended despite a state-to-state