Clean industry

Policy & regulation

Trump rescinds federal program to boost low-carbon building materials

Experts say the move will stymie U.S. efforts to innovate in manufacturing and curb industrial emissions. But state Buy Clean initiatives will continue.

By Maria Gallucci . 23 January 2025
Clean industry

Cement has an emissions problem. Can tech that mimics coral fix it?

Fortera’s low-carbon cement, based on the process by which corals form their skeletons, is gaining traction as the essential industry looks to curb emissions.

By Isobel Whitcomb . 21 January 2025
Marine transport

Amogy raises $56M to commercialize ammonia for heavy-duty transit

The startup has now raised more than $270M to support its goal of decarbonizing tricky industries like shipping. So far, it has tested an ammonia-powered tugboat.

By Allison Prang . 15 January 2025
Green steel

SSAB quietly pulls out of $500M green steel award negotiations

The Swedish company sought to make iron using green hydrogen in Mississippi, as part of the Biden administration's $6B Industrial Demonstrations Program.

By Maria Gallucci . 14 January 2025
Clean industry

Copper is in high demand. These startups aim to refine it in a cleaner way.

The world cannot reach its climate goals without copper, but producing it is carbon-intensive, polluting, and increasingly difficult. New tech could change that.

By Maddie Stone . 11 December 2024
Clean industry

States get $1.2B to build roads, highways with low-carbon materials

The Biden administration awarded grants to 39 state departments of transportation. But the program is vulnerable to cuts under Trump.

By Maria Gallucci . 2 December 2024
Clean industry

Lasers could help cut CO2 emissions from Maine’s paper and pulp mills

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute is testing a new industrial drying technique that uses lasers instead of gas furnaces to dry paper, pulp, and other materials.

By Sarah Shemkus . 22 November 2024
Clean industry

Chart: Green industrial projects are stuck in limbo

Nearly 700 projects to clean up steel, cement, and other industries are in progress worldwide — but developers are struggling to finance and build them.

By Maria Gallucci . 22 November 2024
Green steel

The economic case for green steel production at a Michigan steel mill

Cleveland-Cliffs’ Dearborn Works blast furnace is due for relining in 2027. Advocates say now is the time to convert it to new technology powered by clean energy.

By Kari Lydersen . 19 November 2024
Green steel

Move over, data centers. US steel mills need lots of clean power too.

A new report quantifies just how much clean electricity the US steel industry will need to decarbonize — a task that could get even harder under Donald Trump.

By Maria Gallucci . 18 November 2024