heavy industry
noun
: the production of goods (such as coal or steel) that are used to make other goods
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Burning fossil fuels to produce heat for heavy industry accounts for about 17% of the world’s CO2 emissions.
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Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
He’s likewise perplexed that heavy industry is to be entrusted with solving the climate crisis.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
While Trump’s strategy in Western Pennsylvania has largely played into its historic role as the center of heavy industry, Shapiro highlighted the role of the thriving technological industry in Pittsburgh that has largely supplanted steel.
—Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Nov. 2024
Protection rewarded heavy industry and the regions that supported it: the textile centers of New England, the steel mills and oil refineries of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
He’s likewise perplexed that heavy industry is to be entrusted with solving the climate crisis.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
While Trump’s strategy in Western Pennsylvania has largely played into its historic role as the center of heavy industry, Shapiro highlighted the role of the thriving technological industry in Pittsburgh that has largely supplanted steel.
—Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Nov. 2024
Protection rewarded heavy industry and the regions that supported it: the textile centers of New England, the steel mills and oil refineries of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Heavy industry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20industry. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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