Buffalo-Niagara Region
By Nicole A. Walker
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Welcome to the new layout of the Regional Report section. As you turn the pages, you will notice that this section focuses on a geographic region, and
three particular areas: people, projects and policies. Our goal is to provide you with a brief overview
of the green developments that are taking place on brownfield sites, the
innovative polices and legislative changes that are being implemented in the
states and provinces, and to highlight the market-makers that are making
sustainable development happen. We hope you find the information useful and
informative.
In this issue, we take a closer look at the Buffalo-Niagara region. The history
of this region is rich with innovation, extending back to the early nineteenth century. The region’s origins as a thriving transportation and industrial center exemplify what
Buffalo has become today: a longstanding home to creativity, culture and design.
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Buffalo-Niagara Region: People
William Murdock:
Director of the Urban Development Division of Ohio Dept. of Development. Overseeing the popular Clean Ohio Fund brownfield grant program and revolving loan
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Buffalo-Niagara Region: Policies
OHIO
Clean Ohio Fund. On November 4, 2008, Ohio voters will have the opportunity to expand the Clean
Ohio Fund. Highlights: plan is to sell $400 million in bonds ($200
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Industry Profiles
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Rick Booth
National Leader for Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, and Legal Market Sector, Golder Associates Inc.
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Amy Steinmetz
Petroleum Brownfields Coordinator, Montana DEQ
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Aaron Scheff
Brownfield Response Program Manager, Idaho Dept. of Environmental Quality
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Count On It
  28 percent approximate amount of all energy used in the Unites States for transporting people and goods from one place to another.
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 200-300 estimated number of hydrogen-fueled vehicles in the United States today
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.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 $2.3 billion amount President Obama awarded for clean energy manufacturing projects across the United States
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 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
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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