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      ​A worker monitors operations as steel is melted at 3,000°F in an electric arc furnace at the NLMK Indiana steel mill on March 15, 2018 in Portage, Indiana.

      Progressives Call for Embrace of 'Green Steel' Manufacturing

      "It's time that the steel industry take the growing need and demand for fossil-free steel seriously," said one advocate.

      Kenny Stancil
      May 24, 2023

      Progressive organizers on Wednesday urged steelmakers to swiftly adopt the clean manufacturing methods needed to achieve a shift from coal-based steel to "green steel."

      At the Great Designs in Steel conference held in a Detroit suburb, Public Citizen and Mighty Earth activists used a series of digital ads and mobile billboards to call on industry insiders and automotive executives to accelerate the nascent transition from dirty to clean steel by fully embracing low- to zero-carbon production processes—one of many changes that scientists say are necessary to avert the worst consequences of the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis.

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