Manufacturing accounts for 24% of US greenhouse gas emissions, and the Biden Administration has taken a step towards reaching a carbon-free economy by 2050 through a $6bn fund to decarbonize industrial manufacturing. The Energy Department’s Industrial Demonstration Program will provide up to 50% of the cost of first-of-a-kind projects aimed at stripping carbon dioxide from energy-intensive products like concrete, steel and chemicals. These decarbonisation projects can be expensive to develop and likely raise production costs, so government funding aims to offset some of the burden manufacturing companies face.