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Indiana is currently the nation's largest steel producer, which means that decisionmakers could have the biggest impact on a sustainable steel market. Automobile manufacturers with factories in Indiana like, General Motors, Honda, Stellantis, and Subaru of America have pledged to achieve carbon neutrality in their supply chains.  Indiana steel mills are powered by polluting fossil fuels with no credible plans to become sustainable. At the Burns Harbor plant in Porter County, corporate owner Cleveland-Cliffs must soon decide to either reline one of its blast furnaces or move quickly towards sustainable steel production. Sustainable mills can reduce 95% of carbon emissions and toxic pollutants while preserving and creating new steel worker jobs. Re-lining Burns Harbor means keeping the coal-based blast furnace in operation until 2040, maintaining one of the nation's worst toxic polluters, and putting jobs at risk. Indiana must take advantage of this industrial transformation and act now to ensure its continued leadership in steelmaking. The number of steel jobs in Indiana has already been halved since 1990. If Indiana commits to building sustainable steel mills here, we can ensure that our 28,000 steelworkers have good union jobs while creating new ones. Sign your name in solidarity today! 📝 https://lnkd.in/ejgDZdZE Just Transition Northwest Indiana, Public Citizen, Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Indiana Conservation Voters, Matthew Groch, Jonathan Haddad, Glenn Hurowitz, Industrius Labs, Metro East Green Alliance, Indiana Environmental Clean Energy J40, Inc. #cleanjobs #sustainablefuture #sustainability #steel #steelindustry #Indiana #steelmills #environment #nature #wildlife #jobs #pollution #carbonemissions #sustainable #government #steelmaking #signtoday #standmighty

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Erin Macey, Director of the Institute, recently sat down with Kerwin Olson, Executive Director at Citizen's Action Coalition to discuss what to do when utility companies overcharge or mis-charge Hoosiers in their utility bills. Watch the full Youtube here: https://buff.ly/4bl9eQ4 Don't have time? Here's our three key takeaways: 1) Make an attempt to resolve the issue with the utility company first. Document what you did! 2) Call the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) aka the "utilities watchdog" at 1-800-851-4268 and tell them your complaint. Making a complaint not only helps to resolve your individual issue, but also helps them know what broader issues might exist for consumers! 3) Let your state senator and state representative know about the issues you are having, since they are responsible for the IURC. Find your state legislators here: https://buff.ly/4bA3nG5  

Another consumer advocacy week in the books! We met with five members of Congress this week. So grateful for the opportunity be a voice for consumers in Indiana alongside Zia Saylor, Hale Crumley, MPA, Andrew Bradley, Marshawn Wolley, CDE, CFRE, CFMP, Marie Morse and Lindsay Haake. Access to fair and transparent financial products matters!