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Oregon DOT secures $32 million grant to procure low-carbon construction material

Oregon’s grant will be used to procure cleaner construction materials for federally funded transportation projects statewide.

Brady Pieper

DOT awards $1.2 billion to state transportation agencies for green construction materials

The program looks to incentivize the use of sustainable, domestic construction materials and products that have lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions.

Keaton Peters

Public and private efforts are cleaning up construction industry

The industry accounts for more than 15% of global emissions through concrete and steel manufacturing alone.

Keaton Peters

Grants available for transportation projects that use low-emissions materials

Federal Highway Administration allocating $2 billion through its Low Carbon Transportation Materials Program to states, metropolitan regions and tribes

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