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Stories of Industrial Pollution in the U.S.
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What effects does industrial pollution have on health, the environment, and communities? New data from @industriouslabs Industrial Equity Mapper shows that across 24 regions, 4.7 million people are at higher risk for long term respiratory illness. industrialequitymapper.org /1
👷♂️ Dalton Ezell’s op-ed traces his path from the smelter floor to Missouri farm fields, where workers are still getting crushed by a broken power system — coal-fired electricity, rubber‑stamped rate hikes, and false promises that tariffs alone could save jobs. missouriindependent.com/2025/12/13/h...
December 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
👷♂️ Dalton Ezell’s op-ed traces his path from the smelter floor to Missouri farm fields, where workers are still getting crushed by a broken power system — coal-fired electricity, rubber‑stamped rate hikes, and false promises that tariffs alone could save jobs. missouriindependent.com/2025/12/13/h...
Agricultural worker & former smelter employee Dalton Ezell is sounding the alarm on rising power costs. “The truth is, Missouri’s economy runs on the same current: whether you’re melting metal or tending crops, you need dependable electricity at a fair price.” missouriindependent.com/2025/12/13/h...
Energy costs crushed my smelter job and now threaten Missouri farms • Missouri Independent
Whether you’re smelting or farming, you’re fighting the same battle for affordable energy, steady pay and a future worth passing on.
missouriindependent.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Agricultural worker & former smelter employee Dalton Ezell is sounding the alarm on rising power costs. “The truth is, Missouri’s economy runs on the same current: whether you’re melting metal or tending crops, you need dependable electricity at a fair price.” missouriindependent.com/2025/12/13/h...
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"Let’s stop pretending tariffs will rebuild our economy. The people who power Missouri — on the factory floor and in the fields — know what we really need: investment in affordable, modern energy that lets us work hard, earn fair, and stay rooted right here at home."
Energy costs crushed my smelter job and now threaten Missouri farms • Missouri Independent
Whether you’re smelting or farming, you’re fighting the same battle for affordable energy, steady pay and a future worth passing on.
missouriindependent.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Let’s stop pretending tariffs will rebuild our economy. The people who power Missouri — on the factory floor and in the fields — know what we really need: investment in affordable, modern energy that lets us work hard, earn fair, and stay rooted right here at home."
Cato Hernandez at @LAist.com highlights a new map showing where SoCal’s largest industrial boilers are located — and why advocates want @southcoastqmd to adopt zero-emission rules before we lock in decades more pollution. Read it here: laist.com/news/climate...
Battle over industrial boilers gets a new tool that you can use to combat pollution
A new climate coalition is calling on air quality regulators to phase out 1,800 of these boilers at places like schools and hospitals.
laist.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Cato Hernandez at @LAist.com highlights a new map showing where SoCal’s largest industrial boilers are located — and why advocates want @southcoastqmd to adopt zero-emission rules before we lock in decades more pollution. Read it here: laist.com/news/climate...
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@industriouslabs.bsky.social just released a powerful new tool that analyzes health, demographic, economic, and pollution data in communities impacted by industrial pollution across the US.
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Industrial Equity Mapper
Stories of Industrial Pollution in the U.S.
industriouslabs.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@industriouslabs.bsky.social just released a powerful new tool that analyzes health, demographic, economic, and pollution data in communities impacted by industrial pollution across the US.
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Weekend reading: Learn about a new plan to decarbonize industry in California - responsible for 20% of the state's emissions - in my Q&A with @industriouslabs.bsky.social's Teresa Cheng: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/california-h... 🔌💡
California has a new plan to decarbonize industry
Quitting Carbon checked in with Teresa Cheng, California director at Industrious Labs, to talk about passage of AB 1280 and the race to decarbonize manufacturing in the Golden State.
www.quittingcarbonmedia.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Weekend reading: Learn about a new plan to decarbonize industry in California - responsible for 20% of the state's emissions - in my Q&A with @industriouslabs.bsky.social's Teresa Cheng: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/california-h... 🔌💡
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ICYMI: Learn about a new plan to decarbonize industry in California - responsible for 20% of the state's emissions - in my Q&A with @industriouslabs.bsky.social's Teresa Cheng: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/california-h... 🔌💡
California has a new plan to decarbonize industry
Quitting Carbon checked in with Teresa Cheng, California director at Industrious Labs, to talk about passage of AB 1280 and the race to decarbonize manufacturing in the Golden State.
www.quittingcarbonmedia.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
ICYMI: Learn about a new plan to decarbonize industry in California - responsible for 20% of the state's emissions - in my Q&A with @industriouslabs.bsky.social's Teresa Cheng: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/california-h... 🔌💡
"The result is a paradox: a country experiencing its highest aluminum demand in modern history, yet unable to supply the metal that underpins the technologies it wants to lead."
Read up on AI’s rise and power strains while aluminum fights to stay relevant: www.alcircle.com/news/ais-pow...
Read up on AI’s rise and power strains while aluminum fights to stay relevant: www.alcircle.com/news/ais-pow...
AI’s power hunger is turning aluminium into America’s new strategic weak spot
The US faces record aluminium demand, but AI’s soaring power consumption is crippling domestic smelters and turning the metal into a strategic weakness.
www.alcircle.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"The result is a paradox: a country experiencing its highest aluminum demand in modern history, yet unable to supply the metal that underpins the technologies it wants to lead."
Read up on AI’s rise and power strains while aluminum fights to stay relevant: www.alcircle.com/news/ais-pow...
Read up on AI’s rise and power strains while aluminum fights to stay relevant: www.alcircle.com/news/ais-pow...
(1/3) When Oklahoma residents were asked why they support Emirates Global Aluminum's potential new #smelter in their state, the answer was clear: #jobs matter. 👷♂️
This figure shows how those who "support" or "somewhat support" the smelter rated the importance of smelter jobs.
This figure shows how those who "support" or "somewhat support" the smelter rated the importance of smelter jobs.
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Balancing the priorities of workers, unions, and environmental advocates creates solutions that protect both people’s wellbeing and the planet. 🤝⚙️ Listen to Dave Foster’s recent podcast feature with #resourcesforthefuture on the founding of BGA here: https://loom.ly/U3PTdcg
October 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Balancing the priorities of workers, unions, and environmental advocates creates solutions that protect both people’s wellbeing and the planet. 🤝⚙️ Listen to Dave Foster’s recent podcast feature with #resourcesforthefuture on the founding of BGA here: https://loom.ly/U3PTdcg
"Clean power sources can provide substantial pollution reduction benefits whilst supporting community health improvements near production facilities."
A good breakdown of the economics of #aluminum smelting & the opportunity to re-power with renewables. discoveryalert.com.au/energy-produ...
A good breakdown of the economics of #aluminum smelting & the opportunity to re-power with renewables. discoveryalert.com.au/energy-produ...
US Aluminium Smelting: How Energy Costs Shape Industry Competitiveness
Explore how US aluminum smelting and energy costs shape America's industrial competitiveness and production viability.
discoveryalert.com.au
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"Clean power sources can provide substantial pollution reduction benefits whilst supporting community health improvements near production facilities."
A good breakdown of the economics of #aluminum smelting & the opportunity to re-power with renewables. discoveryalert.com.au/energy-produ...
A good breakdown of the economics of #aluminum smelting & the opportunity to re-power with renewables. discoveryalert.com.au/energy-produ...
Oklahoma residents want clean air and healthy environments. New survey data shows some who oppose a new #aluminum smelter cite environmental and health concerns.
Clean energy and community trust must come first. Read more about the survey from @anniesartor.bsky.social: lnkd.in/gCrSSFzi
Clean energy and community trust must come first. Read more about the survey from @anniesartor.bsky.social: lnkd.in/gCrSSFzi
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Oklahoma residents want clean air and healthy environments. New survey data shows some who oppose a new #aluminum smelter cite environmental and health concerns.
Clean energy and community trust must come first. Read more about the survey from @anniesartor.bsky.social: lnkd.in/gCrSSFzi
Clean energy and community trust must come first. Read more about the survey from @anniesartor.bsky.social: lnkd.in/gCrSSFzi
What effects does industrial pollution have on health, the environment, and communities? New data from @industriouslabs Industrial Equity Mapper shows that across 24 regions, 4.7 million people are at higher risk for long term respiratory illness. industrialequitymapper.org /1
Industrial Equity Mapper
Stories of Industrial Pollution in the U.S.
industrialequitymapper.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What effects does industrial pollution have on health, the environment, and communities? New data from @industriouslabs Industrial Equity Mapper shows that across 24 regions, 4.7 million people are at higher risk for long term respiratory illness. industrialequitymapper.org /1
Dalton Ezell spent his adult life working at an aluminum smelter. But with less than a week’s notice, workers lost their jobs, wages, health insurance, and retirement plans when the Magnitude 7 aluminum smelter shut down.
October 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Dalton Ezell spent his adult life working at an aluminum smelter. But with less than a week’s notice, workers lost their jobs, wages, health insurance, and retirement plans when the Magnitude 7 aluminum smelter shut down.
Affordable & clean electricity costs are everything for U.S. #aluminum.
"Addressing energy costs, especially by expanding access to renewables, matters far more for sustaining a healthy domestic industry than tariffs alone.” @anniesartor.bsky.social in Fastmarkets:
fastmarkets.com/insights/us-...
"Addressing energy costs, especially by expanding access to renewables, matters far more for sustaining a healthy domestic industry than tariffs alone.” @anniesartor.bsky.social in Fastmarkets:
fastmarkets.com/insights/us-...
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Affordable & clean electricity costs are everything for U.S. #aluminum.
"Addressing energy costs, especially by expanding access to renewables, matters far more for sustaining a healthy domestic industry than tariffs alone.” @anniesartor.bsky.social in Fastmarkets:
fastmarkets.com/insights/us-...
"Addressing energy costs, especially by expanding access to renewables, matters far more for sustaining a healthy domestic industry than tariffs alone.” @anniesartor.bsky.social in Fastmarkets:
fastmarkets.com/insights/us-...
✨Aluminum’s moment may be coming.
Electrification is rewriting the metals market, and #aluminum may be next in line to surge. The @wsj.com reports how demand for lightweight, conductive materials is rising fast as #cleanenergy and EV supply chains expand. www.wsj.com/finance/comm...
Electrification is rewriting the metals market, and #aluminum may be next in line to surge. The @wsj.com reports how demand for lightweight, conductive materials is rising fast as #cleanenergy and EV supply chains expand. www.wsj.com/finance/comm...
Aluminum Could Become the Next Copper
Demand is set to be boosted by electrification, while supply is constrained by rising power needs.
www.wsj.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
✨Aluminum’s moment may be coming.
Electrification is rewriting the metals market, and #aluminum may be next in line to surge. The @wsj.com reports how demand for lightweight, conductive materials is rising fast as #cleanenergy and EV supply chains expand. www.wsj.com/finance/comm...
Electrification is rewriting the metals market, and #aluminum may be next in line to surge. The @wsj.com reports how demand for lightweight, conductive materials is rising fast as #cleanenergy and EV supply chains expand. www.wsj.com/finance/comm...
@anniesartor.bsky.social is right: Aluminum is crucial to a zero-carbon future. But we continue to import most of it, often from countries using coal to fire up aluminum smelters. Why not invest in “cleaning up” American supply — and our air?
insideclimatenews.org/news/2709202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2709202...
October 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
@anniesartor.bsky.social is right: Aluminum is crucial to a zero-carbon future. But we continue to import most of it, often from countries using coal to fire up aluminum smelters. Why not invest in “cleaning up” American supply — and our air?
insideclimatenews.org/news/2709202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2709202...
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Thank you @governor.ca.gov for signing #AB1280: California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air
“Investing in clean manufacturing is a golden opportunity for California,” - Teresa Cheng, @industriouslabs.bsky.social
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“Investing in clean manufacturing is a golden opportunity for California,” - Teresa Cheng, @industriouslabs.bsky.social
industriouslabs.org/archive/pres...
Press release: California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air
Victory — AB 1280 establishes funding mechanism for companies to replace dirty industrial equipment with zero-emissions technologies
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October 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thank you @governor.ca.gov for signing #AB1280: California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air
“Investing in clean manufacturing is a golden opportunity for California,” - Teresa Cheng, @industriouslabs.bsky.social
industriouslabs.org/archive/pres...
“Investing in clean manufacturing is a golden opportunity for California,” - Teresa Cheng, @industriouslabs.bsky.social
industriouslabs.org/archive/pres...
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Hydrogen: fuel of the future or hype of the past?
We dig into the promises & pitfalls of hydrogen as clean energy with Joe Romm @penncssm.bsky.social, @hilarylewis.bsky.social @industriouslabs.bsky.social & Eleanor Smith @tonizhoniani.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: listen.climateone.org/z7oIxKJV?sid...
We dig into the promises & pitfalls of hydrogen as clean energy with Joe Romm @penncssm.bsky.social, @hilarylewis.bsky.social @industriouslabs.bsky.social & Eleanor Smith @tonizhoniani.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: listen.climateone.org/z7oIxKJV?sid...
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hydrogen: fuel of the future or hype of the past?
We dig into the promises & pitfalls of hydrogen as clean energy with Joe Romm @penncssm.bsky.social, @hilarylewis.bsky.social @industriouslabs.bsky.social & Eleanor Smith @tonizhoniani.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: listen.climateone.org/z7oIxKJV?sid...
We dig into the promises & pitfalls of hydrogen as clean energy with Joe Romm @penncssm.bsky.social, @hilarylewis.bsky.social @industriouslabs.bsky.social & Eleanor Smith @tonizhoniani.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: listen.climateone.org/z7oIxKJV?sid...
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We fall in love with #cleanenergy every time.
We shouldn't have to choose between good jobs and a clean environment. We really do deserve it all.
#bluegreenalliance #unionjobs #climateequity #frontlinecommunities #TrumpSlump #manufacturingjobs #cleaneconomy #workerrights
We shouldn't have to choose between good jobs and a clean environment. We really do deserve it all.
#bluegreenalliance #unionjobs #climateequity #frontlinecommunities #TrumpSlump #manufacturingjobs #cleaneconomy #workerrights
October 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We fall in love with #cleanenergy every time.
We shouldn't have to choose between good jobs and a clean environment. We really do deserve it all.
#bluegreenalliance #unionjobs #climateequity #frontlinecommunities #TrumpSlump #manufacturingjobs #cleaneconomy #workerrights
We shouldn't have to choose between good jobs and a clean environment. We really do deserve it all.
#bluegreenalliance #unionjobs #climateequity #frontlinecommunities #TrumpSlump #manufacturingjobs #cleaneconomy #workerrights
Energy access is at the heart of the U.S. #aluminum industry crisis. Without clean, affordable power, we’re not just losing smelters — we’re losing good union jobs like Dalton’s.
His story in @thehill.com: thehill.com/opinion/5524...
His story in @thehill.com: thehill.com/opinion/5524...
October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Energy access is at the heart of the U.S. #aluminum industry crisis. Without clean, affordable power, we’re not just losing smelters — we’re losing good union jobs like Dalton’s.
His story in @thehill.com: thehill.com/opinion/5524...
His story in @thehill.com: thehill.com/opinion/5524...
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Great news: The EPA is withdrawing its proposal to delay the implementation of hazardous air pollutant standards for coke ovens. Very good news for breathers in steel communities. It's nice to win! www.epa.gov/system/files...
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October 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Great news: The EPA is withdrawing its proposal to delay the implementation of hazardous air pollutant standards for coke ovens. Very good news for breathers in steel communities. It's nice to win! www.epa.gov/system/files...
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No-so-fun fact: California operates some of the dirtiest cement plants in the world. Via GEI and ClimateWorks ... www.climateworks.org/wp-content/u...
October 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
No-so-fun fact: California operates some of the dirtiest cement plants in the world. Via GEI and ClimateWorks ... www.climateworks.org/wp-content/u...
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Gov signed our bill. 👍👍👍
Important piece from our partners at @industriouslabs.bsky.social and the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 104 about AB1280, a bill that would supercharge the installation of clean, efficient heating technologies.
October 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Gov signed our bill. 👍👍👍
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Under Trump’s leadership, primary #aluminum smelters closing in the U.S.
Good-paying union jobs are at risk and middle-class families can’t keep up with rising power prices if they’re out of work.
Read Dalton Ezell’s experience here: loom.ly/zKz1UTU
Good-paying union jobs are at risk and middle-class families can’t keep up with rising power prices if they’re out of work.
Read Dalton Ezell’s experience here: loom.ly/zKz1UTU
October 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Under Trump’s leadership, primary #aluminum smelters closing in the U.S.
Good-paying union jobs are at risk and middle-class families can’t keep up with rising power prices if they’re out of work.
Read Dalton Ezell’s experience here: loom.ly/zKz1UTU
Good-paying union jobs are at risk and middle-class families can’t keep up with rising power prices if they’re out of work.
Read Dalton Ezell’s experience here: loom.ly/zKz1UTU