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 ...

Cement kilns in Maryland and across the country emit thousands of pounds of mercury into the air and remain unchecked by federal regulators, according to a new report from an environmental watchdog ...

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 ...

EPA Ignored Problem For 10+ Years Even Though Some Kilns Emit More Mercury Than Power Plants; Report Focuses on Cement Kilns in AL, CA, IA, IL, MD, MI, MT, NY, OR, SC, TX and WA. WASHINGTON, July 23 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Environmentalists are sounding the alarm on a little known polluter: cement kilns. Some of these giant ovens used to cook rock to make cement are known to emit mercury. The Environmental Protection ...

Demolition may be inevitable for at least some of the landmark cement kilns that stand along the Lehigh River as monuments to Lehigh County’s industrial history Demolition may be inevitable for at ...

The cement kiln and the incinerator industries again are at each other’s throats over the lucrative business of burning hazardous waste. The outcome could affect Keystone Cement Co. and the substances ...