UPDATED: The U.S. Dept. of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration has launched a competition among the states for shares of $1.2 billion in funds to promote the use of low-carbon materials on highway projects.
In a March 12 announcement that the agency has begun to accept applications for the funds, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg noted that transportation and industrial sectors account for about half of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The program aims to “accelerate the use of cleaner construction materials that create less carbon pollution,” he said