# 243. How CarbonCure Locked 768,000 Tons of CO2 Permanently into Concrete with Dean Forgeron

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Podcast: [A Climate Change with Matt Matern](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-climate-change-with-matt-matern-7134409)
Published: 2026-06-04T20:17:06+00:00
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## Resource

Matt speaks with Dean Forgeron, CTO of CarbonCure, about decarbonizing concrete. They cover the chemistry of locking CO2 permanently into concrete, the company’s 11 million truckloads of low-carbon production, and how performance-based specs and carbon credits are accelerating industrial decarbonization.

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