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April 2008
Brownfields: The Legacy of the Auto Industry
By Gary R. Keppler, Leah K. Piwinski, David E. Rosenbaum



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For more than 100 years, large tracts of land have been used by U.S. automotive manufacturers (USAM) for the production of vehicles. Over the last 20 years, the amount of land required by the industry has diminished dramatically for a variety of reasons, including more efficient production and reduction in consumer demand as automakers face a surplus of domestic manufacturing capacity.

Instead of allowing these often intensely used properties to become abandoned, underutilized and potentially hazardous brownfields, there is a growing recognition for stewardship of these properties, both through divestiture and redevelopment for alternative uses. Although challenged by globalization of the industry and changes in public demand, perception and regulations, automakers have devoted resources to the proper decommissioning and redevelopment of these properties. It is absolutely critical to U.S. automakers that this redevelopment is accomplished efficiently while encompassing the three principles of sustainability: economic viability, environmental responsibility and social responsibility. This results in fewer abandoned brownfields that reflect negatively on our nation’s automotive legacy. ...


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 28 percent approximate amount of all energy used in the Unites States for transporting people and goods from one place to another.
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 200-300 estimated number of hydrogen-fueled vehicles in the United States today
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 9,783,000 number of barrels of crude oil the United States imports each day.
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 1 million number of gallons of fresh water that can be contaminated from the used oil from one oil change.
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 20 million number of people that celebrated the first Earth Day on Aril 22, 1970.
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 $2.3 billion amount President Obama awarded for clean energy manufacturing projects across the United States
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 509 approximate number of operational landfill gas (LFG) energy projects currently in the United States. LFG electricity generation projects provide the energy equivalent of powering more than 920,000 homes annually
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