Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and the Committee’s Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) released the text of a bipartisan, five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill that invests in America’s roads, bridges, transit, rail transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs.
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U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) and Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) have introduced “Vehicle Axle Redistribution Increases Allow New Capacities for Efficiency” or the VARIANCE Act, enabling heavy duty truck operators to optimize aggregate, cementitious material or other non-liquid loads.
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Texas state Rep. Shelley Luther (R-District 62) is backing legislation that would protect Grayson County, Texas, residents and businesses from nearby cement manufacturing. Texas Senate Bill 1758 would block a proposed 600-acre Black Mountain Cement plant and limestone quarry in Dorchester.
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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 California Nevada Cement Association (CNCA) commended the introduction of AB 2109 by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo as a vital step forward in decarbonizing the state’s cement production by 2045.
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Mexico’s National Cement Chamber (Canacem) said its members are transitioning to the required 25-kg bags in accordance to the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare’s NOM-036-1-STPS-2018 standard.
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Following the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Portland Cement Association (PCA) President and CEO Michael Ireland released the following statement:
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to zero-out carbon pollution from cement used in the state. The bipartisan Senate Bill 596 builds on a pledge by California’s cement industry to become carbon neutral by 2050, and will identify key barriers and solutions to turn that commitment into action.
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President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators have announced a deal on infrastructure spending. According to the White House, the price tag comes in at $1.2 trillion over eight years, with $579 billion in new spending, $312 billion specifically for transportation. Other sources peg the legislation as a $973- or $953-billion package.
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The California Senate approved a bill that seeks to slash the carbon footprint of state’s cement plants. The legislation directs the Air Resources Board (ARB) to develop a comprehensive strategy to achieve carbon neutrality in the cement industry no later than 2045 and to establish interim targets for reducing cement’s greenhouse gas intensity.
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