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Indonesia sickness and pollution
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Workers are dying in the EV industry’s ‘tainted’ city

In Indonesia, sickness and pollution plague a sprawling factory complex that supplies the world with crucial battery materials.
Causes
carbon-based steelmaker fight green steel
Marcus Wong

BlueScope Steel boss warns safeguard mechanism changes could impact sovereign manufacturing

BlueScope Steel boss Mark Vasella warns losing sovereign manufacturing will not help the environment, amid uncertainty over how the steelmaker will be impacted by changes to emissions reduction laws. 
Causes
steel factory retrofit emissions reductions
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Steel factory retrofit could reduce pollution by 90 percent

The steel industry is one of our worst polluters, but new practices could create an almost perfectly closed loop system.
Politics
Canada & benefits of clean steel
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Fact check: is Doug Ford underselling the benefits of clean Canadian steel?

The steel industry is the province’s largest source of emissions. The benefits of weaning it off coal would be even bigger than the premier has stated.

Politics
Can industry decarbonize steelmaking?

Can industry decarbonize steelmaking?

Major steelmakers and disruptive start-ups look to hydrogen and renewable electricity to make green steel.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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EPA moves to further limit protections for wetlands

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Wildfire survivors face hidden risks from lingering toxic pollution

A hand places pennies in a glass jar with an image of a house roof covered in solar panels in background.

Solar power surges ahead despite political opposition

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Trump administration seeks to reframe climate change as beneficial

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US Supreme Court clears way for climate lawsuits against Big Oil

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Farmers face funding cuts as Trump administration reconsiders climate-linked grants

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Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Facade of the Environmental Protection Agency with blue sky and clouds behind.

EPA faces legal pushback over canceled climate grants