Opinion: Greening heavy industry should be the next climate goal

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Greening heavy industry should be the next climate goal

. The industrial sector is the largest end-use sector, both in terms of energy demand and emissions. Yet the International Energy Agency released a report in 2021 that projects that none of the

First, we need to focus on the biggest sources of industrial emissions, such as blast furnaces, chemical plants and cement kilns. American and Canadian investment tax credits should be enhanced with special incentives that reward projects that green these and other high-emissions facilities. Yet neither the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act nor the Canadian investment tax credits recognize this. They offer no incentive to avoid emissions through process or material improvements, or by swapping in low-emissions materials. In heavy industry, abatement, not removal, is likely our fastest and most effective lever for reducing short-term emissions.

 

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You mean green washing 👍

Job 1 is to re-attain a stable, predictable supply of fossil fuels that stops the political instability of shortages. Anything less than that threatens tens of millions with misery, injury or death.

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