Time to 1.5 E8: Prayers of Steel I

Season 4 | Episode 8

Prayers of Steel I

Steel is the signature material of the Industrial Revolution. It’s also an essential component of the wind turbines, electric cars, and climate-friendly buildings we’ll need in a decarbonized world. But making steel requires mountains of coal. So we both really need steel and really need to stop making it the way we’re doing now.

This is Threshold Season 4: “Time to 1.5.” In this episode, we explore the costs and benefits of our industrial processes on people, communities, and the climate through the story of Gary, Indiana.

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Guests

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Mark Lash

Mark Lash is the president of the United Steelworkers Union Local 1066, which represents about 1,400 members at U.S. Steel's Gary Works.

Lori Latham

Lori serves as a business development representative with Wessler Engineering.

Lori also serves as a member of the Live Lake County Tobacco Prevention Coalition, Chair of the Secondhand Smoke Committee; Chair of the Environmental and Climate Justice Committee of the NAACP Gary Branch; and as a Board Member of the Project Rebuild Foundation and Brown Faces in Green Spaces organization.

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The Entire History of Steel

Article in Popular Mechanics

Indiana leads US in toxic releases per square mile, EPA report states

Article published in the Chicago Tribune

Carbon Capture Can Be Part of the Climate Solution

Article published in Jacobin

Why a Political Philosopher Is Thinking About Carbon Removal

Article in The Atlantic

Green Steel Is A Crucial Part Of Our Renewable Future

Article published in Forbes

Plentiful renewable energy is opening up a new industrial frontier

Article published in The Economist

Time to 1.5

Prayers of Steel I is episode eight in Threshold Season 4, Time to 1.5

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Credits

This episode of Threshold was reported by Amy Martin with help from Nick Mott and managing editor Erika Janik. Fact checking by Sara Sneath, Sam Moore, and Nick Mott. Original music by Todd Sickafoose. Episode art by Sally Deng. Cover art by Maggy Contreras at Bahía Design.The rest of the Threshold team is Eva Kalea, Caysi Simpson, Emery Veilleux, Sam Moore, and Deneen Wiske.Thanks to Hana Carey, Dan Carreno, Luca Borghese, Julia Barry, Kara Cromwell, Katie deFusco, Caroline Kurtz, and Gabby Piamonte. Special thanks to Beckett Martin-Fryscak, Hanna Moser and Cale Bergschneider.