With the New EPA, New Day Dawns for Brownfields
By Steve Dwyer
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The site was the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The introduction speech was delivered by Blake Jones, CEO of Namaste Solar, a Boulder, Colo.-based solar electricity company.
In February, Jones had the honor of introducing President Barack Obama as the new commander-in-chief prepared to sign the 2009 Economic Recovery bill. Before the introduction, Jones spoke to the audience about how his solar energy business had suffered mightily in 2008 as the economy went into a free fall, and that the economic stimulus plan had potential to reinvigorate his fortunes. Indeed, Jones has plenty to look forward to as the stimulus plan allocated $43 billion for energy programs. ...
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Source U.S. Department of Energy
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Source U.S. Department of Energy
 9,783,000 number of barrels of crude oil the United States imports each day.
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 1 million number of gallons of fresh water that can be contaminated from the used oil from one oil change.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 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
Source U.S. Department of Energy
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