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How the end of carbon capture could spark a new industrial revolution

  • Written by Andres Clarens, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia
imageSteelmaking uses a lot of energy, making it one of the highest greenhouse gas-emitting industries. David McNew/Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Energy’s decision to claw back US$3.7 billion in grants from industrial demonstration projects may create an unexpected opening for American manufacturing.

Many of the grant recipients were...

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