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U.S. Steel plant

Report shows living near a steel plant can harm your health, residents hope for change

Rebecca Thiele

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Steel and Cleveland Cliffs are in the top 10 for greenhouse gas emissions in the state and toxic releases from industrial facilities.
Proposed steel pollution rule too strict for industry, not strict enough for residents, activists

Rebecca Thiele

A quarter of all the greenhouse gas emissions that come from Indiana industrial facilities are from steel and aluminum plants.
U.S. Steel has yet another spill, Holcomb says state will handle 'like any other accident'

Rebecca Thiele

The U.S. Steel plant in Portage has had another spill into a Lake Michigan waterway — the second one in less than two weeks. A sheen was discovered in the Burns Waterway on Thursday.