The steel industry is important to the UK economy, providing jobs, supporting supply chains and having deep local and cultural connections.

However, the industry has also been responsible for 15 per cent of the UK’s industrial carbon emissions and has been the largest source of industrial particulate matter pollution in the UK and EU. The future of the UK’s steel industry can be cleaner. People should not have to choose between local jobs and breathing healthy air.

For more information, contact:

Heather Plumpton, senior policy analyst: hplumpton@green-alliance.org.uk