Cement is a carbon bomb, and Trump just made it harder to defuse

Cement, the binder in concrete, generates about 8 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions.

Efforts to decarbonize the cement industry picked up speed during the Biden administration.

The EPA has canceled 21 grants aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from concrete, cement and other construction materials.

Caught between Congress and the Trump administration, DOE is receiving “mixed signals” on decarbonizing the cement industry.

Creating demand for low-carbon cement and concrete is challenging, partly because those products are more expensive, experts say.

The Portland Cement Association , a leading trade group, is among those whose EPA grants were canceled.