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Steel plant in Vance’s hometown trades clean future for more coal

The Middletown, Ohio, plant was set to receive $500 million to make "green" steel. Then its CEO embraced President Donald Trump.

Six months into President Donald Trump’s second term, the Cleveland-Cliffs steel plant in Middletown, Ohio, looks very much like its past, doubling down on coal and relying on steel tariffs to help turn a profit.