“….But bipartisan legislation the House of Representatives passed in a 350-73 vote last week would give the Department of Energy a clear mandate to develop a full program to research, develop, and deploy clean versions of the building materials.

Dubbed the IMPACT Act — short for the Innovative Mitigation Partnerships for Asphalt and Concrete Technologies Act — the bill marks just the first step of a push in Congress to bolster the nascent industry.”

In the midst of major cuts to the Environmental Protection Administration and potential cuts to the Department of Energy, a House bill first submitted in 2024 has been revised and reintroduced as H.R.1534 by Representative Max Miller, Republican from Ohio.

“This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a temporary program that supports advanced production of low-emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt”. (Summary of the bill by the Congressional Research Service)

Harry Manin, the Sierra Club’s deputy legislative director for industrial policy and trade supports the bill and stated “Yes, these materials come with a premium in the short term, but since we’ll eventually commercialize materials that take far less energy to make, ultimately we’re going to be lowering costs,” he said. ​“That’s why Republicans are so interested.” 

Sublime Systems (replacement product for Portland cement), Heidelberg Materials (carbon capture at a cement plant in Indiana), and Brimstone (replacement product for Portland cement) are three companies who would benefit from this type of legislation.

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