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.
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
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.
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.
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.