U.S. Steel Corp.'s Gary Works in Indiana will be the site of a study exploring the capture of carbon dioxide emissions from the air and storing them in concrete as a way to help reduce air pollution and battle the climate crisis.
The study will be funded by a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Prairie Research Institute received the award to lead the research.
U.S. Steel is committed to a lower carbon future, "but we know that one company's actions are not enough," said Rich Fruehauf, chief strategy and sustainability officer at the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker. "Achieving our goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 is going to take unprecedented innovation and collaboration."
