An environmental consultant from Washington, D.C., last night said he didn’t make the trip to the Lehigh Valley to tell residents burning hazardous waste in cement kilns is unsafe. “I’m going to go ...

This Nov. 16, 2015 photo shows a section of the Mississippi Power Co. carbon capture power plant in DeKalb, Miss. Carbon capture entails catching the carbon emissions from a power plant or cement or ...

For every 1,000 kilograms of cement the world produces, 600 kilograms of carbon dioxide are dumped into the atmosphere. If that doesn’t sound like a lot, consider that last year the world made about 4 ...

The landmark cement kilns near the Lehigh River in Coplay, Lehigh County, have been deteriorating for many years. Lehigh County officials want to do an engineering study to help determine the ...

Work will begin next month to rehabilitate one of the nine deteriorating cement kilns that stand along the Lehigh River in Lehigh County, but the future remains uncertain for the other eight. The ...

Plastic waste, one of the most prevalent forms of global waste, is being increasingly utilized as a key feedstock in cement kilns. This shift helps cement producers tackle the plastic waste crisis ...

TXI's older kilns have been idle since late 2008, a response to a downturn in demand for cement. TXI will permanently shut down its four oldest, highest-polluting cement kilns in Midlothian and will ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it would not require cement manufacturers -- including the nation’s largest emitter, in Tehachapi, Calif. -- to ...

TXI's older kilns have been idle since late 2008, a response to a downturn in demand for cement. TXI will permanently shut down its four oldest, highest-polluting cement kilns in Midlothian and will ...

Environmental groups Wednesday called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enforce a law that would control the thousands of pounds of toxic mercury discharged into the atmosphere every year ...