With the goal of helping improve workers' income as well as increase competitiveness, on March 25, the US Department of Energy announced that it would spend 3 billion USD in federal funds to subsidize 6 industrial projects in the US. The country's 33 states aim to reduce carbon emissions.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will announce the subsidies during a visit to a Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp. production facility in Middletown, Ohio.
Secretary Granholm said the initiative is the largest single investment package for industrial decarbonization in US history, bringing the total amount spent on decarbonization efforts in the industrial sector in this country to 20 million. billion USD.
Ms. Granholm said the 33 projects will cut emissions from industries such as iron and steel, cement, concrete, aluminum, chemicals, food and beverages, pulp and paper, which account for about 33% of emissions. the country's carbon emissions. The US government estimates these projects will help eliminate 14 million tons of carbon emissions each year, equivalent to removing about 3 million gasoline-powered vehicles from the streets.
PHUONG AN
