Press release: California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air
Victory β AB 1280 establishes funding mechanism for companies to replace dirty industrial equipment with zero-emissions technologies
Thank you @governor.ca.gov for signing #AB1280: California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air
βInvesting in clean manufacturing is a golden opportunity for California,β - Teresa Cheng, @industriouslabs.bsky.social
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10.10.2025 14:09 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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
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10.10.2025 19:50 β π 5 π 5 π¬ 3 π 1
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 #frontlinecommunitiesΒ #TrumpSlumpΒ #manufacturingjobsΒ #cleaneconomyΒ #workerrights
10.10.2025 09:38 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Energy access is at the heart of the U.S. #aluminum industry crisis. Without clean, affordable power, weβre not just losing smelters β weβre losing good union jobs like Daltonβs.
His story in @thehill.com: thehill.com/opinion/5524...
09.10.2025 16:27 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
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...
06.10.2025 17:53 β π 11 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
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...
07.10.2025 20:22 β π 15 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
Gov signed our bill. πππ
07.10.2025 15:51 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Under Trumpβs leadership, primary #aluminum smelters closing in the U.S.
Good-paying union jobs are at risk and middle-class families canβt keep up with rising power prices if theyβre out of work.
Read Dalton Ezellβs experience here: loom.ly/zKz1UTU
08.10.2025 20:12 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
GOOD NEWS! @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social signed AB 1280 into law last night! This is a huge step forward forΒ a clean industrial sector built on good union jobs, and we value his support.Β #IBEW
07.10.2025 21:46 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
GOOD NEWS: @governor.ca.gov just signed #AB1280, which will help California manufacturers shift to zero-emissions equipment like heat pumps!
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07.10.2025 21:51 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Chart: Aluminum has a big CO2 problem. Hereβs how to clean it up
To hit global climate goals, carbon emissions from aluminum production have to drop 92 percent by 2050. Step one? Building a ton of clean energy.
From soda cans to EV batteries, #aluminum is everywhere in daily life. The difference is whether those products support good American jobs and climate progress or reinforce old, polluting supply chains. And the bulk of those emissions come from #electricity. Moreππ½
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07.10.2025 16:51 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Modernizing the Central Valley manufacturing sector is a win for good jobs, public health, and the economy
Assembly Bill 1280 offers the Central Valley a rare chance to retain high-value industrial jobs and operators while delivering on clean energy goals, writes IBEW's Mike Mendoza.
Mike Mendoza, Business Manager of IBEW Local 684 (@ibew-9th.bsky.social), makes the case for why investing in clean manufacturing is a win-win for the Central Valley. By signing AB1280, @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social can secure good-paying, skilled jobs for our communities. sjvsun.com/view/moderni...
06.10.2025 16:26 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 1 π 2
Trumpβs tariffs spur US aluminum industry to boost recycling
Producers were already looking to recycled aluminum to help lower carbon emissions. Now, under Trumpβs trade policy, demand for scrap is even higher.
A billion dollarsβ worth of aluminum cans end up in U.S. landfills every year.
With producers looking to curb their emissions and tariffs raising the price of virgin materials, that trash has never been more valuable.
02.10.2025 15:51 β π 6 π 6 π¬ 0 π 1
Trumpβs tariffs spur US aluminum industry to boost recycling
Producers were already looking to recycled aluminum to help lower carbon emissions. Now, under Trumpβs trade policy, demand for scrap is even higher.
EV, packaging, construction, solar, and many other companies are "sourcing more of the relatively clean material as they work to reduce carbon emissions from their own supply chains."
@mariagallucci.bsky.social reports on increased demand for scrap #aluminum.
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02.10.2025 16:55 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
"Tariffs did not save my job, and they wonβt save the future of this industry. What will is real investment in affordable, renewable-powered production that gives American aluminum a fighting chance to compete."
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30.09.2025 15:38 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Aluminum worker: tariffs helped "to bring the industry back from the brink. And that helped in the reopening of the former Noranda aluminum smelter. But without tackling the real problem β the crushing cost of electricity to run a smelter β tariffs alone will not cut it."
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30.09.2025 20:38 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Former Magnitude 7 Metals worker Dalton Ezell shares in @thehill.com how the plant closure upended lives in Missouri β calling on America to invest in clean energy and #aluminum jobs to rebuild communities, support families, and secure manufacturingβs future. thehill.com/opinion/5524...
01.10.2025 17:15 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
βΌοΈ A former #aluminum smelter worker's voice, front and center: Dalton Ezellβs 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...
29.09.2025 16:58 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
How to clean up beer brewing and other low-temperature industries
Teresa Cheng and Richard Hart join me to discuss how to decarbonize industries that run on industrial boilers, like beer and paper.
California's INDIGO program was created to both help decarbonize industrial facilities and benefit the grid. @industriouslabs.bsky.social's Teresa Cheng details to @volts.wtf how Gov. Newsom can sign AB1280 today to expand this program, benefiting biz & consumers
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26.09.2025 15:49 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Very proud to have played a small role in this terrific piece from @deannafry.tv about the everyday health harms of coal-based #steel industry pollution in Indiana!
25.09.2025 13:53 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A coal-burning steel plant may thwart Clevelandβs climate goals
The facility is the city's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Advocates say its dirty blast furnaces need to be replaced with cleaner technology.
Pollution from one plant's blast furnaces and other parts of its steelmaking process is Cleveland's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. A new blueprint suggests how it can debarbonize to meet climate goals.
@canarymedia.com @industriouslabs.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre...
18.09.2025 13:52 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
The #InflationReductionAct showed us that clean energy, good jobs, and racial justice can rise together, when everyone has a seat at the table. Read more from @ben-beachy.bsky.social here: loom.ly/5TOD9QY
23.09.2025 19:25 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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.
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23.09.2025 18:54 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
US aluminum producers need cheap, clean power. That may be tough toβ¦
Century Aluminum and Emirates Global Aluminium want to build the nationβs first smelters in decades, but must compete with data centers for a limitedβ¦
Plans are in the works to build America's first two new aluminum plants in half a century:
"For the economics to pencil out [their power] will need to be produced from carbon-free sources, like wind or solar, for the aluminum they produce to be more competitive on the global market..." β‘ π
04.08.2025 15:21 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Aluminumβs carbon footprint is all about #electricity. And so is its downfall.
π 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.
19.09.2025 22:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βBut without proper governmental support to provide the energy needed to domestically produce raw aluminum, all weβre going to do is saddle American buyers with the increased cost of buying it from somewhere else.β
18.09.2025 20:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βTariffs are one step towards reshoring American aluminum manufacturing,β says Annie Sartor, Industrious Labsβ Aluminum Campaign Director.
18.09.2025 20:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
And that poses a big problem for aluminum manufacturers. Tech giants like Microsoft have stated that they are willing to pay over twice as much for the same amount of electricity.
18.09.2025 20:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Only if manufacturers can secure the energy it takes to make raw aluminum.
According to the Aluminum Association, one smelter requires about the same amount of electricity as the city of Boston or Nashville.
It might sound like a lot, but you know what else needs that much energy? A data center.
18.09.2025 20:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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