British Steel jobs at risk in plan to shut furnaces – BBC News

[ad_1] By Simon Jack & Lucy Hooker BBC News 6 November 2023, 10:30 GMT Updated 1 minute ago Image caption, British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant looms large on the skyline of…

British Steel plans to shut furnaces putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk

[ad_1] Electric arc furnaces are mostly used to melt down and repurpose scrap steel. The end product is not the same grade of steel that is produced in blast furnaces,…

States announce major push to get to 20 million installed heat pumps, a cleaner alternative to gas furnaces that also provide AC

[ad_1] A coalition of 25 state governors announced a major push to reach 20 million deployed heat pumps by 2030, they said in New York City on Thursday. That would…