In response to the White House’s clean manufacturing announcement today, Evergreen Action Executive Director Jamal Raad released the following statement:

“In the ‘whole-of-government’ industrial decarbonization strategy released today, the Biden administration took strong, important actions towards cleaning up America’s industrial sector – one that makes up nearly 30% of our domestic greenhouse gas pollution once industrial electricity consumption is taken into account. The administration’s industrial decarbonization strategy will help secure America’s position as a global leader in the clean economy by accelerating the development of clean hydrogen, launching a Buy Clean Task Force, using trade policy to drive the global market for low carbon steel and aluminum products, and supporting equitable industrial innovation in communities across the country. They will be a powerful tool to slash carbon pollution from the sector while also creating good-paying jobs throughout the country. These industrial sector strategies should be celebrated. 

“To achieve President Biden’s goal of a net-zero economy by 2050, the administration must move full steam ahead on working on a notoriously tricky sector to decarbonize. That means industrial climate pollution standards in places where the EPA has (HFCs, methane) and has not yet (GHGs) already begun to regulate. And, crucially, we must pass the climate investments in the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) that contain robust tax incentives, as well as financing programs and direct investments for industrial decarbonization.”

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