September 25, 2024
During Climate Week, North American members of the Sustainable Steel Buyers Platform launched a bidding process asking steelmakers to deliver 1 million metric tons per year of near-zero emissions steel by 2028.
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September 25, 2024
Today, the White House Task Force on Climate, Trade, and Industrial Competitiveness announced that the Department of Energy will build rigorous, timely, and accurate statistics on the greenhouse gas intensity of certain energy-intensive industrial products. The data will then be used to develop a greenhouse gas intensity measurement tool that would be adopted here and abroad.
September 24, 2024
Washington, DC – CHIPS Communities United (CCU), a coalition of unions, environmental, social justice, civil rights, and community groups, raised concerns about the contract between the CHIPS Program Office (CPO) and Polar Semiconductor company of Bloomington, MN.
September 12, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Sierra Club endorses the Carbon Scoring Act of 2024 introduced by Budget Committee Chairman Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI-DI).
September 5, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Since announcing Nippon Steel Corporation’s bid to buy U.S. Steel, Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel have waged an aggressive persuasion, advertising, and lobbying blitz to influence elected officials to approve their takeover. They have assured stakeholders that Nippon Steel is a best-in-class steel company with a sterling environmental and labor record.
August 28, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – The recent announcement by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to allocate $800 million under the Low Carbon Transportation Materials Program is a significant step forward in our nation’s efforts to ‘buy clean.’ This funding, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, will go to state, local, tribal governments to make use of low carbon construction materials in transportation pro
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 measurable levels of 17 different PFAS in wastewater. It is likely that other microchip factories release similar concentrations, but Vermont is the only state (we know of) that requires companies to report on PFAS in effluent.
August 22, 2024
Butler, PA – 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, which is a critical material for the clean energy transition – has
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
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 implementation of cutting-edge technologies to reduce emissions.
July 26, 2024
Johnstown, Pennsylvania – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna unveiled the Modern Steel Act at a press conference, marking a pivotal step towards revolutionizing the iron and steel industry in the United States. This groundbreaking legislation will aim to reduce toxic pollution, combat climate change, advance security, and protect and create good-paying union jobs for American workers.