The Portland Cement Association (PCA) demonstrated the industry’s commitment to carbon neutrality to key executive branch decision-makers at the White House’s Concrete Innovation Summit – as well as outlined what steps must be taken to further reduce cement sector emissions.
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As part of its Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products grant program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Portland Cement Association (PCA) more than $2.4 million to lead a project that will improve both the quantity and quality of industry Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
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The Portland Cement Association (PCA) applauded Reps. John Curtis (R-Utah) and Scott Peters (D-Calif.) for introducing the Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act.
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The Portland Cement Association (PCA) named the winners of its Energy and Environment Awards and Chairman’s Safety and Safety Innovation Awards at its 2024 Cement Fly-In in Washington, D.C.
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U.S. cement industry leaders are on Capitol Hill this week to meet with members of Congress and their staff to discuss progress with decarbonization efforts, challenges with the permitting process and more stringent emission standards recently finalized by the Biden Administration.
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The Portland Cement Association (PCA) Market Intelligence team released its May 2024 Executive Summary, which highlighted recently released state forecasts, housing deficit analysis, and more.
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Portland Cement Association (PCA) President and CEO Mike Ireland opened his address to the cement industry’s largest annual U.S. gathering with an upbeat rundown of 2023 member and staff deliverables. “We’re on a winning streak and it’s just beginning,” he noted, underscoring these past year accomplishments and highlights:
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A Portland Cement Association (PCA) panel on carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) offered 2024 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Conference participants updates on process technologies, IRS 45Q Carbon Oxide Sequestration Credits, private or public capital expenditure funding mechanisms, and carbon dioxide emissions management studies or projects for Central Plains Cement Co., Heidelberg Materials North America and Holcim US.
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Following the Federal Reserve’s recent signaling of a single 2024 interest rate cut, Portland Cement Association (PCA) Chief Economist Ed Sullivan sees a return this year of two forces – one exposed to, the other mostly shielded from borrowing costs – that shaped 2023 private and public construction activity.
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With the recent approval by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, portland-limestone cement (PLC) is now universally accepted by all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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