New Buy Clean Actions

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...ican-manufacturing-leads-in-the-21st-century/
FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Buy Clean Actions to Ensure American Manufacturing Leads in the 21st Century

The Biden-Harris Administration will:

• Prioritize the Federal Government’s purchase of steel, concrete, asphalt and flat glass that have lower levels of emissions.
• Expand lower-carbon construction materials used in federally-funded projects.
• Convening states to partner on Buy Clean.
• Increase data transparency through supplier reporting to help American manufacturers track and reduce emissions.
• Launch pilot programs to advance federal procurement of clean construction materials.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has successfully included criteria in several discretionary grant programs to incentivize the use of materials that reduce carbon emissions. In June 2022, the Department’s Chief Sustainability Officer along with the Office of the Senior Procurement Executive also launched a Lower Carbon Procurement Pilot to increase utilization of environmental product declarations (EPDs) and encourage the acquisition of products and materials with low embodied carbon emissions. In April 2022, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a Climate Challenge with grant funding to reduce the lifecycle emissions associated with the design, construction, and maintenance of pavements that received 40 submissions from 25 states. FHWA also launched a tool, known as LCA PAVE, that can be used to assess environmental impacts of pavement material and design decisions. The Department’s Embodied Carbon Working Group will support the new efforts to ensure all of USDOT’s modal administrations are prioritizing Buy Clean.