Press Releases
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January 25, 2022
Caltrans Approves Use of Low-Carbon Cement to Help Combat Climate Change
“Using low-carbon cement can cut Caltrans’ concrete-related carbon dioxide emissions annually by up to 10 percent. This is a big step in supporting California’s efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045.” -Toks Omishakin, Caltrans Director
Read more about Caltrans’ decision to approve the use of low-carbon cement to help reduce the carbon footprint of California’s transportation system here.
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June 26, 2019
CalPortland: Concrete Buildings, Pavements and Structures Function as Storehouses of Atmospheric Carbon
Concrete buildings, pavements and structures are silently absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It appears to such a degree that the built environment represents one of the world’s largest storehouses of carbon. Yet this information is currently excluded from global, national, and regional greenhouse gas accounting methods.
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February 22, 2019
Setting the Record Straight – A Response to the Sierra Club’s Inaccurate and Misleading Paper on the California Cement Industry
A recent paper commissioned by Sierra Club California and authored by Global Efficiency Intelligence paints an inaccurate and intentionally misleading picture of the California cement industry. The paper’s sensational claims that the California cement industry is “failing the climate challenge” and is “substantially dirtier” than cement industries in other nations, including China, are absurd and incompatible with the facts, including many of those presented in the paper itself.
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June 25, 2018
CNCA Announces the Availability of New Pavement Design Tool
Pavement Designer, a free web-based pavement design tool for streets, local roads, parking lots, and intermodal/industrial facilities. Link to https://www.pavementdesigner.org/ “PavementDesigner.org represents a dramatic shift in solutions availability …
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August 18, 2017
Celebrating 70-Years of Pavement Performance on I-10
It’s not every day that a highway is the reason for a major celebration, but for a section of Interstate 10 (I – 10), between Ontario and San Bernardino, a celebration today marked this freeway’s remarkable 70 year journey…and signaled its vital link to the past, present, and future.
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