Trump talks about bringing industrial manufacturing back to the U.S. But with DOGE at the helm, his administration is set to gut the Industrial Demonstrations Program that was upgrading blast furnaces at steel plants, support Exxon Mobil projects and reshoring aluminum smelting capacity.

In my analysis piece for Canary Media, I examined the stakes of losing a rare federal program that -- if kept in place -- would have promised real results before the end of Trump's second term.

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-industry/oced-demonstrations-grants-cuts-trump

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Good article. That is freaking depressing. I'm sooo glad DOGE is still at work ...

thanks for sharing the article!    Interesting that the over $1.6B and almost 9500 jobs are lost in the 3 states that are predominantly red

Interesting how the rhetoric says ‘bring back industry,’ but the actions seem to dismantle the real tools that could make it happen
Feels like short-term wins over long-term strength. Would love to see more coverage on who actually benefits from these shifts