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A decade of research on Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood finds that major riverfront investment did not push out longtime residents.
Recycling more scrap steel sounds like a win-win for a greener industrial future – but there are complicating factors.
Pittsburgh’s struggle to move beyond steel demonstrates that industry dominance is temporary. Other regions can learn from Pittsburgh’s slow economic recovery.
A new study linking Pittsburgh’s air pollution to thousands of deaths each year has been published just as the EPA moves to weaken pollution standards.
Decarbonisation cuts emissions. It also unleashes unpredictable, system-wide consequences.
If reports are true, the ‘ban’ is less of a final break than a negotiation tactic. It is China’s way of showing Australia the old rules no longer apply.
When net zero leaves communities behind, people get angry.
Water and oxygen can make metals oxidize and rust, but researchers have found many ways to prevent this damage.
Materials science might seem very technical, but as a scientific discipline, it has led to many shifts in society over the past few centuries.
The Trump administration is pulling back billions of dollars in industrial development money for carbon capture and storage projects. That may force industries to actually cut emissions instead.
Most Australians will feel the effects of the tariffs through the indirect effects on US manufacturing and on America’s trading partners.
Strong supply chains are vital in this complex manufacturing process – and British Steel faced a perfect storm of problems.
The tariffs pose a fundamental challenge to Australia’s trade strategy in a protectionist world.
The government has failed to secure an exemption on steel and aluminium from the new Trump administration.
Is the government’s $2.4 billion package of assistance for Whyalla going to be money well spent?
Whyalla still has some key advantages when it comes to making steel that could make the plant an attractive asset to new prospective owners.
The shock of US tariffs could strengthen regional trading blocs.
The world economy, and Australians, will be affected by Trump’s latest round of tariffs.
While a timeline for a decision has not been announced, both countries agreed a tariff exemption for Australia was “under consideration”.
Trump says he will slap 25% tariffs on all foreign steel and aluminium imports to the US. The Albanese government says it’s been prepared for such a move.



















