California's INDIGO program was created to both help decarbonize industrial facilities and benefit the grid. @industriouslabs.bsky.social's Teresa Cheng details to @volts.wtf how Gov. Newsom can sign AB1280 today to expand this program, benefiting biz & consumers www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-cle...

Very proud to have played a small role in this terrific piece from @deannafry.tv about the everyday health harms of coal-based #steel industry pollution in Indiana!

Pollution from one plant's blast furnaces and other parts of its steelmaking process is Cleveland's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. A new blueprint suggests how it can debarbonize to meet climate goals. @canarymedia.com @industriouslabs.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre...

The #InflationReductionAct showed us that clean energy, good jobs, and racial justice can rise together, when everyone has a seat at the table. Read more from @ben-beachy.bsky.social here: loom.ly/5TOD9QY

Communities in SE Missouri are paying the price for #coal pollution: nearly 100 deaths per year tied to the New Madrid plant. A recent @renewmissouri.bsky.social report shows how clean energy could cut pollution, restore jobs, and reopen the Mag 7 aluminum smelter. 🔗 renewmo.org/rural-electr...

Plans are in the works to build America's first two new aluminum plants in half a century: "For the economics to pencil out [their power] will need to be produced from carbon-free sources, like wind or solar, for the aluminum they produce to be more competitive on the global market..." ⚡ 🔌

Aluminum’s carbon footprint is all about #electricity. And so is its downfall. 👀 Look closely at the sharp decline of the U.S. aluminum industry since 1980. Smelter closures hurt tens of thousands of workers & hollowed out regional economies. Revitalizing the industry is about #climate AND people.

There are many benefits to recycled aluminum: 🥤A soda can, a car door, or a window frame can often be recycled directly back into itself. 🥤75% of all aluminum ever made is actually still being used today. 🥤Producing recycled aluminum requires only 5% of the energy it takes to make raw aluminum.

The path to net zero runs through our smelters. 🏭 #Aluminum is the building block for wind turbines, solar frames, and EVs. Cleaning it up isn’t just an industrial agenda — it’s climate action. And the new smelter announced in the U.S. is a test on whether we can produce clean aluminum at scale.

🏭 80% of aluminum’s emissions come from smelting, mostly from electricity. But smelters now compete with data centers for scarce power. Without affordable #renewables, #aluminum reshoring stays out of reach. Climate, jobs, and health all hang in the balance. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Trump’s war on clean energy is sabotaging U.S. #solarmanufacturing. New policies are now threatening solar investment, jobs, and our ability to compete in global markets. 📉⚠️ Read our new blog piece by BGA's @tlewis.bsky.social here: loom.ly/Wz8388s

“My work has made me very aware of the health disparities suffered by people of color. You just can’t ignore the problems in this community and families like mine,” says Beverly Lewis, Associate Director of the Northwest Indiana Health Education Center.

This month, we partnered with @earthjustice.org and Bellwether Coffee to welcome California policymakers and agency leaders to their facility in Berkeley to explore how coffee roasting can operate without relying on fossil fuels.

Coffee is a popular drink in California, yet the process of roasting coffee beans can be expensive and environmentally damaging. I took a tour of Berkeley's Bellwether Coffee, which is leading clean tech innovation with the development of an all-electric, ventless coffee roaster.

“Every part of your typical latte, from the milk and roasted coffee beans, to the sleeve, to the paper cup itself is manufactured in California,” says Jacob Klein, Senior Field Strategist at Industrious Labs’ Clean Heat Campaign, “and these manufacturing processes require industrial heat.”

“Cleveland-Cliffs abandoned plans to make its Middletown steel plant more environmentally friendly, a project that would have been funded in part by a $500 million federal grant for clean energy projects.” www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...

Steel communities like Gary were hit with a slew of federal rollbacks this summer, weakening key health and environmental protections. gary.capitalbnews.org/gary-epa-rol...

A new report looks at how rural communities are navigating energy transitions and why centering health can lead to better outcomes. @renewmissouri.bsky.social is hosting a webinar next week to dive into the findings. Register here: bit.ly/RET-report

It’s getting harder to secure clean power. That’s a problem for aluminum producers looking to build two new smelters in the U.S. From @mariagallucci.bsky.social:

The U.S. #aluminum industry faces a power crunch just as clean energy demand surges. Can we secure affordable, clean electricity for this key sector? @mariagallucci.bsky.social reports: from soaring energy costs to the global scramble for low-carbon metal: canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

🎉 BIG news! The Industrious Labs circular economy campaign is spinning off to launch @fullcirclefuture.bsky.social — a brand-new org working toward a future where everyone can breathe clean air & drink clean water 🌍 Learn more: industriouslabs.org/archive/pres...

California has over 35,000 manufacturing firms and more food manufacturing facilities than any other state. Fenceline communities near manufacturing facilities experience higher rates of asthma, respiratory-related illnesses, and heart diseases.

Court win for clean heat in LA: SoCal’s rule to cut NOx pollution from 1M+ fossil fuel gas appliances survives legal challenge. The future of boilers? Electric! ⚡ This ruling is a big deal — for California & beyond. www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

Rural communities face tough energy decisions, but putting health first can shift the conversation. Join our partners @renewmissouri.bsky.social on August 6 to learn how health framing supports better choices for people and the planet. Register here: bit.ly/RET-report

In April, Mayor @justinmbibb.bsky.social and the City of Cleveland released its latest Climate Action Plan outlining a 5-year plan to reduce emissions by 63.3% from 11.7 MMtCO2e (million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) to 4.3 MMtCO2e by 2030.

🚨 It’s here: the first edition of our new Lab Report, our biweekly newsletter sharing the information you need to shape the future of heavy industry. Subscribe for quick, curated updates every two weeks that connect the dots between climate, health, jobs, and justice.

Thank you to @tkovach.bsky.social from Mayor @justinmbibb.bsky.social's @sustainablecle.bsky.social for his kind words about @industriouslabs.bsky.social's report on Cleveland's Climate Action Plan. The city's *bold & achievable* plan requires action at the Cleveland Works coal-based steel mill 🧵

Secondary–or recycled–aluminum can be infinitely recycled without losing its properties. But, there are some things that cannot be built without primary–or raw–aluminum in order to shape things how they need to be.

“It’s very upsetting because I’m more worried about everybody’s health around here. It’s already bad. We were hoping for something that was going to make it better.” by @stephenstarr.bsky.social via @theguardian.com

The US city of Cleveland has recently announced its Climate Action Plan targets, but a new @industriouslabs.bsky.social report reveals the city’s success on achieving them, depends on tackling emissions from its #1 climate polluter: Cleveland-Cliffs’ Cleveland Works steel plant 👇 #GreenSteel

🎉 Cleveland Mayor @justinbibb.bsky.social is leading the city toward climate neutrality via @sustainablecle.bsky.social's Climate Action Plan. 📓 @industriouslabs.bsky.social's new report shows why Cleveland Works must transition to clean steel for the city to meet its bold and achievable goals.

The industrial sector emits almost 1/4 of US climate pollution, mostly from using fossil fuels for heat. But there is a virtually unlimited source of clean heat right beneath our feet... geothermal! THREAD on our new report on geothermal for industrial decarb. www.2035initiative.com/unlocking-ne...

The future isn’t just AI + data centers — it’s clean, modern industry like aluminum smelting. In a new @washingtonpost.com letter, Annie Sartor, Aluminum Campaign Director, makes the case for a smart strategy: ✅ Build capacity ✅ Expand renewables ✅ Create jobs www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

AI runs on concrete. Not metaphorically. Literally. The data centers powering AI are among the most cement-intensive buildings in the world. One facility can use 15-25K cubic yards of concrete. The Roman Pantheon? Just 4,300. (1/5)

“We do not need to sacrifice health and communities to make steel,” says @hilarylewis.bsky.social, Steel Campaign Director at Industrious Labs. “The people in Northwest Indiana are bearing the brunt of the coal-based steel industry today.”

“Colon cancer is not something that happens in 20-year-olds,” says Dr. Allan Halline. “When we see accumulating scientific evidence of higher incidences and mortality rates in those same communities disproportionately affected by pollution from steel mills, it’s not hard to connect the dots.”

"People ask why you can't move," said Wanda Torres, a Gary, Indiana resident who lives across the street from the Gary Works coal-based steel mill. "Well, this is my place. This is my home. This is my land. Why can't you people understand that you're killing us."

“People from different areas come to Gary, they work here, and then they go back to their areas,” Wanda Torres of Gary, Indiana said. “This is my place, this is my home, this is my land. Why can’t people understand that they’re killing us and treating us like we’re dispensable?”

📢📢A group of civil society organisations has issued an open letter calling on governments, standard-setting bodies, and corporate steel buyers to reject proposals that would allow coal-based steel to be falsely marketed as low- or zero-emissions.

NEW: 13 House Republicans urge Senate to scale back clean energy cuts in bill they voted for www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Trump is rallying to promote the sale of US Steel. But—the sale promises to only sicken more communities and warm the planet while leaving workers behind. @evangillespie.bsky.social, partner at Industrious Labs, breaks it down.

🚨 Polluters and their allies are making an unprecedented last-ditch effort to derail CA's clean-air standards. We can't let them win. Rules 1111 and 1121 would prevent 2,490 deaths & 10,200 asthma cases. @SouthCoastAQMD: Vote YES Friday! READ MORE: bit.ly/459Oqe2

SoCal air quality regulators are set to vote on 2 proposals that would reduce harmful pollution from gas furnaces and water heaters. Policymakers should not be swayed by misleading claims about "bans" and costs, write our Cara Horowitz and @evanlgeorge.bsky.social. legal-planet.org/2025/06/05/t...

Regulators seek to phase out gas-powered appliances in Southern California www.latimes.com/environment/...

Tomorrow is a BIG day for clean air in SoCal. Take a look at a piece by @evanlgeorge.bsky.social & @carahorowitz.bsky.social highlighting the gas industry’s misleading campaign to attack reasonable rules that would improve air quality. legal-planet.org/2025/06/05/t...

What do ice cream factories in Missouri and glass factories in Modesto have in common? Both received promises for federal funding, but now face cuts by the current administration.

The Bay Area's robust manufacturing sector makes coffee, paper, aspirin & more. BUT its production uses outdated equipment that is polluting the air in our neighborhoods. @airdistrict.bsky.social can fix this by updating Rule 9-7. They need to hear from you! act.sierraclub.org/actions/SanF...

“When [my mother] coughed or blew her nose, black would come out,” said Monica Dumas, whose parents worked in steel mills in Gary, Indiana. “I was that little girl like, ‘Why is your tissue black, mama?’  I didn’t know my mother was risking her life to give us a good life.”

💰 Over $14 billion in #cleanenergy projects have been scrapped in the U.S. this year = 10,000 jobs lost. 💼➡️🗑️ And #USDOE just cut another $3.7B in funding for industrial demonstrations projects nationwide, including in Republican districts. https://loom.ly/IoBJpV8

Official thoughts on the stupidity of the administration’s gutting of manufacturing investments: