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Steel Plant Information
Testimony from the President and CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs, as well as other leaders of the company, who break down the part they play in steel production.
List of coke plant emitters
The Future of Steel Production
Understanding a better alternative: utilizing hydrogen-based furnaces instead, which are environmentally friendly and produce significantly less greenhouse gases.
Cleveland Cliffs was awarded $500 million dollars in federal grant money to convert its Middletown, Ohio steel plant with hydrogen-based furnaces—which would reduce emissions and pollution—but the company has decided to continue relying on coal-based blast furnaces.
Air Pollution & Recent Politics
“The health problems that arise from inhaling unsafe particles include aggravated asthma, decreased lung function and difficulty breathing, and respiratory symptoms. Particle pollution also causes environmental damage, such as diminishing the nutrients in soil, harming forests and farm crops, and negativing impacting the diversity of ecosystems.”
Environmental Resources
Purple Air monitors measure real-time particulate matter (PM) levels.
Report a violation to fraud, waste, or abuse or environmental violations to the United States Environmental Agency.
Middletown Historical Society YouTube featuring the history of Middletown and its industrial sights
The Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency is based in Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, and Warren counties and they focus on informing, tracking air quality, and protecting the environment.