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The Guardian - US
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US to spend $6bn to reduce carbon footprint of steel, ice cream and mac and cheese

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Kraft Heinz will install heat pumps, electric heaters and electric boilers to decarbonize food production at 10 facilities. Photograph: Nam Y Huh/AP

The Biden administration announced a record $6bn in funding Monday to decarbonize US industry facilities including plants that make cement and concrete, iron and steel, and food production plants including ones which make mac and cheese, and ice cream.

The industrial sector is responsible for roughly 25% of all the nation’s emissions, and has proven difficult to decarbonize due to its energy-intense, large-scale operations.

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