Los Angeles Times

Cement is a big part of the carbon problem. Here’s how to make it part of the solution

In 2014, hundreds of Angelenos gathered downtown to watch more than 2,000 trucks pour concrete into a vast hole. During that event, Los Angeles set a world record: 80 million pounds of concrete were ...
New Atlas

Revolutionary "true zero carbon" cement uses electrolysis, not furnaces

Traditional concrete manufacturing processes result in a ton of CO2 for every ton of cement produced – and since we're talking about somewhere around 4.1 billion tons globally just in 2022 – more than ...
GeekWire

Concrete goes green: UW and Microsoft use seaweed to create novel carbon-trapping cement

Challenges, breakthroughs and big ideas in the race to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Lisa Stiffler on Jul 8, 2025 at 8:00 am July 8, 2025 at 3:36 pm Meng-Yen Lin, a member of Eleftheria Roumeli’s ...
New Atlas

'Absolute miracle' breakthrough provides recipe for zero-carbon cement

Concrete and steel production are major sources of CO2 emissions, but a new solution from Cambridge could recycle both at the same time. Throwing old concrete into steel-processing furnaces not only ...
Scientific American magazine

Solving Cement’s Massive Carbon Problem

Concrete is everywhere: in buildings, roads, sidewalks, bridges and foundations for almost every structure imaginable. We make more concrete than we do any other material on Earth, and that volume is ...