Those of us thinking about ways to make housing more affordable in American rarely pause to consider that we haven’t changed the way we build in generations. In my new piece in the @washingtonpost.com I argue the Trump admin is abandoning US innovations that could change that. wapo.st/4lDmrrM

This is tragic and my heart goes out to the workers. But it’s also a friendly reminder that everything around you (steel, concrete, glass, paint, carpet) is a fossil fuel derivative. New technologies (lower temp, pressure) are on the horizon and we need to adopt them for climate AND for workers.

Construction materials generate nearly one-third of global carbon dioxide emissions. New open-access paper tracks emissions from global supply chains for cement, steel, metals, and plastics
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🏭 New piece out today where I argue that Trump pulling $3.7B in grants might speed up the energy transition in industry. Without carbon capture as a backup plan, industries will need to focus on new materials that are faster, cheaper, and better ⚡ theconversation.com/how-the-end-...

@rebeccawdell.bsky.social is 🎯 and if you want to get a preview for how hard this will be come visit us in Virginia where we have to basically double the capacity of our grid over the next few years because we’re data center ground zero.

Trade patterns in these materials is changing quickly as we show in a new pre-print. US policy focus has been on understanding European CBAM but this changes things and given how much of these materials we import from China, this will impact trade, prices, emissions. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....