US announces $6 billion for new emissions-cutting technologies

The U.S. on Monday committed $6 billion to trimming emissions from its industrial and manufacturing sectors.

The money will go to 33 projects in more than 20 states where reductions in high-emitting industries — like aluminum and cement plants, iron and steelworks and refineries — represent an opportunity to have the biggest impact on greenhouse emissions.

Some of the projects will test new technologies to capture, store and reuse carbon emissions that could then be more widely deployed…