A hulking steel plant in Middletown,Ā Ohio, is the cityā€™s economic heartbeat as well as a keystoneĀ origin storyĀ ofĀ JD Vance, the hometown senator now running to beĀ Donald Trumpā€™s vice-president.

Its future, however, may hinge uponĀ $500 million in funding from landmark climate legislation that Vance has called a ā€œscamā€ and is a Trump target for demolition.

In March,Ā Joe Bidenā€™s administrationĀ announcedĀ the USā€™s largest ever grant to produce greener steel, enabling theĀ Cleveland-CliffsĀ facility in Middletown to build one of the largest hydrogen fuel furnaces in the world, cutting emissions by a million tons a year by ditching the coal that accelerates theĀ climate crisisĀ and befouls the air for nearby locals.

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When campaigning for the Senate in 2022, Vance said Bidenā€™s sweeping climate bill is ā€œdumb, does nothing for the environment and will make us all poorer,ā€ and more recently as vice-presidential candidate called the IRA a ā€œgreen energy scam thatā€™s actually shipped a lot more manufacturing jobs to China.ā€


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  • nkat2112@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    The damage that Couch Guyliner brought to his home state, his wife, his family - all in the name of fascism as he supports Felon Drink Bleach - is incredible for all the wrong reasons.

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      2 months ago

      I donā€™t know how to break it to Ohioans, but we didnā€™t exactly have a high opinion of them in the first place. I donā€™t know if Vance is really sinking it any lower

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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        2 months ago

        The only Ohioans I know are ones who escaped to Washington, and theyā€™re so glad to be out. Pretty much the same as my view on escaping from Texas.