Advocates push back on DOE-funded plan to make steel with plastic-based fuel

Published on September 5, 2024

This article was originally published by Inside Climate News . Jane Williams read the announcement with dismay. A Pennsylvania company was getting tens of millions of dollars in federal loan guarantees to turn plastic waste into a fuel for steelmaking, claiming the climate would benefit. “This is one of the…

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