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The country's first new aluminum smelter in 45 years could cut production emissions by 75% (grist.org)
submitted 6 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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[โ€“] Deebster@programming.dev 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The country

Which country?

aluminum

Never mind.

actually...I've just checked fact-checked myself and apparently Canada also says aluminum but ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

it's like when someone posts a screenshot or comment about a game, in a general community, but doesn't say what game it is.

but anyway further down the article it mentions facilities in Kentucky and South Carolina, plus DOE talk gives it away to US earlier on.

[โ€“] federalreverse@feddit.de 5 points 6 months ago

Grist is a US website. Though admittedly they use a .org domain and thankfully don't sprinkle their site with star-spangled banners.

[โ€“] federalreverse@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

The economics unfortunately currently still work against these types of plants in many cases. Let's hope the IRA provides enough backing that this projected plant can actually go into production.