A few days after we moved into our new house, my two youngest sons took over our basement. They made it their own personal hockey arena. By kids' standards, it was near-perfect; an 18- by 52-foot ...

Cement — one of the two main components of concrete — has high concentrations of calcium, a mineral that speeds up the weathering process. After concrete dust is spread onto a large area of ...

The Source Market Hall, 3330 Brighton Blvd., is in the foreground and Mountain Cement Co.’s silos are behind it. (BusinessDen file) With settlement talks unsuccessful and a trial two months away, RiNo ...

Resistance to a plant in Camden tests the issueof environmental justice. Last Friday, U.S. District Judge Stephen Orlofsky was expected to hand down his decision on a lawsuit with powerful ...

Across the street from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Houston headquarters, Jessica Koch pulled up a smartphone photo of her 4-year-old daughter, her little face smeared with blood.

Climate tech startup Silicate is set to undertake the first trial of its enhanced weathering technology, which aims to remove C02 permanently from the atmosphere and lock it in the world’s oceans for ...

CHARLESTOWN (CBS) – There was a brief scare in Charlestown Friday when a huge cloud of cement powder was blown into the air. Hazardous material crews were called to the LafargeHolcim facility on ...

A city-owned concrete facility is producing dust and noise in the Columbia Waterfront District, and local leaders say something needs to be done. Earlier this year, the Department of Transportation ...

The location of a new school in Silicon Valley is attracting heavy criticism from parents and air quality experts, who fear its close proximity to a concrete plant may pose serious and long-term ...

Residents of a stretch of Columbia Street on the Brooklyn waterfront say a city-run concrete recycling facility is blanketing their neighborhood in dust so thick they can smell and taste cement. The ...