The International Longshoremen’s Association halts work at East and Gulf coast ports, potentially impacting construction materials and equipment.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared more than 200 sq miles including the facility to be a protected natural area.

New program will support development of more accurate product content rating system to boost agency and contractor purchases of low-carbon construction materials. 

The trade dispute has gone on for many years, with the latest move spurred by the U.S. revising the duty on Canadian softwood lumber in July.

Vulcan Materials Co. filed a request for arbitration with the World Bank back in 2018 over the disputed site, but the materials giant and the Mexican government still dispute valuation for the quarry and port facilities on the Gulf of Mexico.

The Green Cement Technology Tracker currently includes only cement producers' carbon-capture projects.

The U.S. General Services Administration has issued an RFI as part of a fact-finding mission to help establish federal agency procurement preferences for construction materials and goods that contain less embodied carbon.