Globally, manufacturing of cement - which binds together sand and rock to form concrete - emits 8% of the carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere, contributing to the climate change that's causing wildfires, hurricanes and record heat waves.
Here in California, we produce more cement than any other state except Texas. In 2022, our state's cement plants emitted more than 9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to the emissions from 2 million c
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