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(3/3) As the U.S. #aluminum industry evolves and potential new investments come to Oklahoma, there is an opportunity for proponents to describe how this smelter will boost jobs and the local economy, such as describing the project's good wages and family-supporting careers.
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
(3/3) As the U.S. #aluminum industry evolves and potential new investments come to Oklahoma, there is an opportunity for proponents to describe how this smelter will boost jobs and the local economy, such as describing the project's good wages and family-supporting careers.
(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
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
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-...
@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...
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...
Former Magnitude 7 Metals worker Dalton Ezell shares in @thehill.com how the plant closure upended lives in Missouri — calling on America to invest in clean energy and #aluminum jobs to rebuild communities, support families, and secure manufacturing’s future. thehill.com/opinion/5524...
October 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Former Magnitude 7 Metals worker Dalton Ezell shares in @thehill.com how the plant closure upended lives in Missouri — calling on America to invest in clean energy and #aluminum jobs to rebuild communities, support families, and secure manufacturing’s future. thehill.com/opinion/5524...
From tortilla chips to toilet paper, outdated industrial equipment is quietly driving major climate and air pollution in California. A must-read op-ed by us and SMART Local 104 in @sacbee.com explains why #AB1280 matters now: www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e... @governor.ca.gov
September 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
From tortilla chips to toilet paper, outdated industrial equipment is quietly driving major climate and air pollution in California. A must-read op-ed by us and SMART Local 104 in @sacbee.com explains why #AB1280 matters now: www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e... @governor.ca.gov
‼️ A former #aluminum smelter worker's voice, front and center: Dalton Ezell’s op-ed in @thehill.com spotlights the human side of plant closures and what a reinvested, modern aluminum industry could mean for local communities: Check out this must-read piece: thehill.com/opinion/5524...
September 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
‼️ A former #aluminum smelter worker's voice, front and center: Dalton Ezell’s op-ed in @thehill.com spotlights the human side of plant closures and what a reinvested, modern aluminum industry could mean for local communities: Check out this must-read piece: thehill.com/opinion/5524...
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...
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...
September 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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...
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...
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.
👀 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.
September 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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.
👀 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.
🥤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.
September 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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.
🥤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.
#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.
September 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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.
#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.
“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.
September 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“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.
August 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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.
“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.”
August 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“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.”
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.
Fenceline communities near manufacturing facilities experience higher rates of asthma, respiratory-related illnesses, and heart diseases.
July 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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.
Fenceline communities near manufacturing facilities experience higher rates of asthma, respiratory-related illnesses, and heart diseases.
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
@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
July 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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
@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.
July 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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.
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July 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🚨 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.
Subscribe for quick, curated updates every two weeks that connect the dots between climate, health, jobs, and justice.
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.
July 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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.
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...
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...
July 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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...
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)
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)
July 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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)
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.”
June 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“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.”