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Aluminum production has a huge carbon footprint. A new U.S.-based smelter could help change that

A new U.S.-based aluminum smelter could be operating before the end of the decade. And that smelter could be substantially less polluting than older models.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with science journalist Maddie Stone about green aluminum.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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