Ohio steel giant aims to use Biden climate funds for polluting project

Ohio steel giant aims to use Biden climate funds for polluting project

Cleveland-Cliffs’ Middletown Works in Middletown, Ohio, in September 2024 (Madeleine Hordinski for The Washington Post via Getty Images)This story was originally published by Canary Media. Steel giant Cleveland-Cliffs was supposed to use up to $500 million from a Biden administration grant to usher in cleaner steelmaking in southwestern Ohio. Now, the company plans to instead put those funds toward a project that locks in old coal-based tech fo…