February 3, 2025
Having done nothing to prepare the U.S. economy, Trump’s tariffs will likely raise prices on a range of essential goods including food, cars, and personal electronics.
industrial-transformation
January 27, 2025
Washington, DC – On Friday, the Acting Secretary of Energy ordered a freeze on all Department of Energy spending and other agency activities until the new administration conducts a review to ensure DOE complied with President Trump’s priorities.
January 21, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, President Trump quietly rescinded Executive Order 14057 – Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability.
January 20, 2025
Washington, DC – Tonight, Donald Trump signed an executive order attempting to “freeze” or claw back Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding.
January 17, 2025
Mitchell, Indiana – Wednesday, a virtual Sierra Club Town Hall in partnership with Heidelberg Materials gathered residents, community leaders, and stakeholders to discuss decarbonization federal grant programs that can transform local opportunities and deliver tangible community benefits.
January 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC –Today, the Department of Energy awarded Century Aluminum up to $500 million to build a state-of-the-art aluminum smelter that will emit 75% less climate pollution
January 10, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the details of 140 projects spanning aluminum production, building-material decarbonization, industrial heat, and critical mineral supply chains across more than 30 states that received a total of $6 billion in allocations through the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C). The companies behind these projects have committed to investing billions more to qualify.
January 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Biden Administration rejected the proposed acquisition of the U.S. Steel Corporation by Nippon Steel Corporation, determining it posed a national security risk to the United States.
December 12, 2024
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.
December 11, 2024
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.
December 5, 2024
Coalition Celebrates Environmental Reporting But Call For Greater Transparency On Job Quality
November 19, 2024
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.